WORLD_ SYRIA_ Syria's Assad Rejects Calls to Resign Amid Fight With Islamists

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Syria's Assad Rejects Calls to Resign Amid Fight With Islamists

By Henry Meyer and Olga Tanas
September 16, 2015 — 1:00 PM AEST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected calls to step down and criticized the U.S. and its European and Arab allies for not coordinating with him on the fight against Islamic State as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee the civil war in his country.

“The president comes to power with the consent of the people, through elections, and he leaves at the request of the people, not by a decision of the U.S., the UN Security Council, the Geneva Conference or the Geneva Communique,” Assad said in an interview with Russian media, according to state-run RIA Novosti. “That’s my principle position.”

More than 250,000 people have died in the Syrian conflict since 2011, which has traumatized the Middle East, spilling into its neighbors. While Islamic State controls as much as half of Syria, rebel militants trying to oust Assad backed by the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar are also gaining ground.

A coalition led by the U.S to fight Islamic State isn’t coordinating its actions with Syria and hasn’t contacted the government since last year, according to Assad. “We’re fighting, if it’s possible to say, a common enemy, striking the same targets in the same places without any coordination,” Assad said.

Syria is ready to collaborate with Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, France, the U.S. and other western states, if the countries focus on fighting terrorists and stop shielding them, according to Assad.

Spiraling Violence

The U.S. and Europe have said Assad can’t be part of a solution. Russian military aid to the Syrian government “only contributes to the spiral of violence,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said at the start of a parliamentary debate on Tuesday about extending France’s part in the U.S.-led air campaign against Islamic State.

While Russia has sent signals to the U.S. and Saudi Arabia that it may allow Assad to be eased out of power, according to officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the fight against Islamic State should be the global community’s top priority in Syria, rather than supplanting the regime.

Russia is escalating military aid to Syria, which hosts the only Russian naval base outside the former Soviet Union, and is building a new air hub in the Middle East nation, according to the U.S.

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