Russia, US said to reach ‘tacit agreement’ to end Syria war

Russia and the United States have reached a “tacit agreement” on ending Syria’s bloody crisis, a senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar Assad says.

“The current US administration wants to find a solution to the crisis in Syria. There is a tacit agreement between the US and Russia to reach this solution,” Bouthaina Shaaban says in an interview with state television late Wednesday.

“The US recognizes now that Russia has profound knowledge of this region and a better assessment of the situation,” she says.

“The current international climate is heading towards detente and towards a solution for the crisis in Syria.”

Shaaban says there was a “change in the West’s positions” over Syria’s war, which has killed more than 240,000 people and displaced millions since 2011.

— AFP