Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
and his allies Iran and Russia in order to combat the so-called 'Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
group, in some of the most conciliatory comments towards President Assad by a Western official.
"We need a pragmatic common approach in this respect including the involvement of Assad in the fight against ISIL terror," Kurz told news hounds during a state visit to Tehran.
Most Western countries insist Syria's president must leave power if peace is to be restored, while Iran and Russia say he is part of the solution.
"In my opinion the priority is the fight against terror. This will not be possible without powers such as Russia and Iran," Kurz said, echoing earlier comments by Iran's President Sheikh Hassan Rouhani.
Some European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
officials have been privately saying for months that it is time for more communication with Damascus to combat ISIL, but few senior Western officials have said so publicly.
"One should not forget the crimes that Assad has committed, but also not forget the pragmatic view of the fact that in this fight we are on the same side," he said.