Miliband defends blocking UK military action against Assad
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Miliband defends blocking UK military action against Assad
Ed Miliband said he does not regret blocking UK intervention in Syria when he was Labour leader after Wes Streeting suggested the UK’s “hesitation” allowed the Assad regime to last for longer.
The two senior Cabinet ministers have expressed differing views on the Commons vote on the principle of UK military action in Syria in 2013.
The Energy Secretary, who instructed his party to vote against it when he was opposition leader, said he stood by the decision with hindsight.
Report by Covellm.
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Syria and Israel hold first direct talks in US-brokered meeting
In US-brokered talks, Syria and Israel discussed restoring a 1974 ceasefire to de-escalate tensions following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Israel and Kurdish fighters should stop destabilising Syria, Turkish FM Hakan Fidan says
Since Islamist-led insurgents ousted former President Bashar al-Assad in a rebel offensive in December, the interim government in Damascus has struggled to maintain stability and heal the wounds of the nearly 14-year civil war.
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