Jeffrey: We do not want to change Assad but a government with new behavior

ARK News: In an interview with Asharq Al Awsat on Thursday, the US presidential envoy in the international coalition against “Da’esh” confirmed that Moscow had informed Washington that the attack on Idlib would be "limited" to stop targeting the "Sham Liberation Organization" of the Russian base of Hamaimim near Lattakia, pointing out that the US administration "will increase pressure if the military attack continues" on the northwest of Syria.

Jeffrey said that Washington has no "policy of regime change for Mr. Assad", he pointed out that Washington will continue to pressure Damascus and its allies through economic sanctions and military presence in northeastern Syria and stop Arab and Western normalization until "a new government is formed with a new policy with its people and its neighbors."

The US envoy revealed of achieving a lot of progress in negotiations with Turkey on the establishment of a "security zone" east of the Euphrates along the Syrian-Turkish border, pointing out that America wants the exit of Iranian forces from Syria at the end of the political process, , And that «this demand is realistic, so that the presence of foreign troops in Syria, as it was before 2011», he stressed the need to take US data on the deployment of US naval force seriously, as this happened «because we found serious signs of Iranian threats». He stressed that Washington will not allow Iran to fill the vacuum in northeastern Syria.

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