Tillerson: No future for Assad in Syria 10/26/2017 9:17:01 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Geneva that he hopes that a mechanism to remove Syrias Bashar al-Assad from power will emerge as part of a UN peace process GENEVA, AFP, 26 October 2017   - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Thursday that Bashar al-Assad has no future as leader of Syria and will have to leave office as part of a UN-mediated peace process. Tillerson's comments to reporters came during a visit to Geneva in which he met UN envoy Staffan de Mistura, who is trying to convene a new round of peace talks next month. The secretary said US policy has not changed, but his remarks represented tougher language from an administration that had previously said Assad's fate is not a priority. 'We do not believe there is a future for the Assad regime, the Assad family,' Tillerson said. 'I think I've said it o...

Tillerson: No future for Assad in Syria 10/26/2017 9:17:01 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Geneva that he hopes that a mechanism to remove Syrias Bashar al-Assad from power will emerge as part of a UN peace process GENEVA, AFP, 26 October 2017   - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Thursday that Bashar al-Assad has no future as leader of Syria and will have to leave office as part of a UN-mediated peace process. Tillerson's comments to reporters came during a visit to Geneva in which he met UN envoy Staffan de Mistura, who is trying to convene a new round of peace talks next month. The secretary said US policy has not changed, but his remarks represented tougher language from an administration that had previously said Assad's fate is not a priority. 'We do not believe there is a future for the Assad regime, the Assad family,' Tillerson said. 'I think I've said it on...