Islamic State Defeat Hinges on Stable Syria, Obama Says
Posted on AllSides February 19th, 2015
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President Barack Obama suggested Thursday that U.S. and international efforts to degrade and ultimately destroy the Islamic State militant group may only be achieved after a political transition in Syria.
Mr. Obama, addressing dignitaries dozens of nations at a White House-sponsored summit on violent extremism, said the civil war in Syria gave rise to the Islamic State and charged President Bashar al-Assad with stoking sectarian tensions.
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