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Monday, March 28, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 28, 2016
US welcomes Islamic State defeat in Palmyra
The United States welcomes the victory of Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s Russian-backed forces over the Islamic State group in the historic city of Palmyra, despite concern over his brutal record.
“We do think that it’s a good thing that Daesh no longer controls it,” State Department spokesman John Kirby says, using his department’s preferred term for the jihadist group.
“That said, we’re also mindful, of course, that the best hope for Syria and the Syrian people is not an expansion of Bashar al-Assad’s ability to tyrannize the Syrian people.”
— AFP
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