French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday he
could envisage(contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event) Syrian regime troops taking part in the fight to crush
the Islamic State (IS) group.
However, Mr. Fabius
later clarified his comments, saying he meant that Syrian government
troops could take part in the fight against IS only after a change of
regime.
In order to fight IS, “there must be two
measures: bombings... and ground troops who cannot be ours, but who
should be of the [opposition] Free Syrian Army, Sunni Arab forces, and,
why not, regime forces too,” Mr. Fabius said in an interview with RTL
radio. But he told AFP shortly afterwards he meant that regime forces
could take part “within the context of a political transition – and only
in this context”.
The principal target of military
efforts remains Raqqa, the Syrian city that is the stronghold of IS,
said Mr. Fabius. Russian and French jets have targeted the town in
recent days.
“For us, it is one of the main military
targets, even the main one, because it is the nerve-centre of Daesh, and
the attacks against France were planned from there,” Mr. Fabius said,
using another name for IS. — AFP
Data that may be helpful:-
- envisage:- contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event
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