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Going into local cease-fires with the assad regime which are guaranteed by the russians. that's having one major effect which is actually something that the trump administration wanted in the past, is it's freeing up assad's forces to fight more against isis. and you know, we talk a lot about the fight against isis in syria and raqqah. assad's forces are fighting isis in a different place, a town to the south. they've been making major gains. the russians concentrating firepower on that region, as well. at the same time, i do have also a big risk between assad and the russians, as well. the as...

The thing is operating on many different levels. the end result, if all you do is try to be realistic then any attempt the de-escalation is a good thing from an aide perspective. humanitarian perspective. decreasing the killing as you pointed out, the carnage. possibly give any read half a million people killed so far in the civil war. millions offended. and forced to live as refugees. so anything that we can do to help de-escalate is a good thing. we have to also understand the is that much is agreed to broker dispute there being part of this because right now it is in their best interest. ha...

Stable with the head as assad. warning tougher sanctions with the two countries is not off the table. all ahead of the high stakes meeting with russian foreign minister. the message is already clear, quit propping up assad. >> now that the smoke has cleared following the strikes has anything really changed? >> we want to bring in cnn's international correspondent ben wedeman. for the syrian people has anything changed? >> reporter: certainly if you speak to people inside syria in the rebel controlled areas, no nothing has changed. after that chemical attack on tuesday morning that left 89 pe...

Their support. and warning that tougher sanctions against the country is not off the table. a high stakes meeting with the russian foreign minister this week, the message is clear, quit propping up assad. >> reporter: good morning. the big questioner the trump administration is what's next when it comes to the crisis in syria? is a strike on the airfield a one time thing specifically desi designed to keep assad from using chemical weapons or the start of a u.s. policy to support the removal of assad? you have the fight against isis raging in this region and the relationship with russia an vlad...

Outcome than some people might have anticipated, but i think there may be possibilities of trying to move forward. we will continue to encourage that. i will encourage it from the outside, not as secretary of state, because there is no military solution to the problem in syria. now, when president putin came in, he came in partly to prop up assad, but also because isil, daesh, was gaining huge ground, the radical extremists were gaining huge ground against assad and assad was in a very fragile position, and so together i think iran and russia decided they had to prop him up and save them from ...