Brussels, 07/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Saturday 5 December, France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius announced that France was no longer planning on the departure of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad before a political transition in Syria - thus taking a step backwards in relation to the previous statements from the French government.
“A united Syria involves a political transition. This does not mean that Bashar al-Assad must leave even before the transition, but assurances are needed...