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Fact, any priority is no longer to get rid of assad. >> they said in fact that the future of syria should be up to the syrian people. i would argue the syrian people when they started protesting in the streets peacefully and then when they were murdered and continued to protest and fight against assad made it very clear they want a future without assad. the problem is for too long we sat back and everybody shares the blame here. there were republicans out arguing against giving the president the...

Military analysts say theres no evidence russia has struck isis in raqqa, and theyve done a couple of "show strikes" to say were going after isis. so what were going to be left with is a stronger, more powerful bashar assad. what does that mean? >> what hes saying is im going to destroy all the non-isis fighters and then say okay, the only two people left in syria, assad and isis. were on assads side, whose side are you on? >> and were letting him. >> again, were doing nothing to help those peop...

Might not be doing at the moment is of concern to secretary kerry and who would replace assad? who would replace any of the other groups that are fighting for power? >> reporter: syria is russias key ally in the middle east. moscow also has a strategic naval base in syria. it the fragile regime falls, so too may russian influence in the region. russia and the united states have been talking about finding a political solution to the crisis. administration officials until recently expressing hope ...

Clinton is at the meeting and she has announced today there will be an extra $45 million sent by the united states to aid the rebels, the so-called nonlethal aid including helping them organize and buying them communications equipment. as for the u.n. itself, this is pressure little action despite the words we have heard continually from almost every speaker in the john assembly podium this week. >> the regime of bashar al-assad must come to an end so the suffering of the syrian people can stop....