Al-Assad cannot be part of Syria solution German Minister
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the syrian crisis needs a negotiated solution involving all powers in theregion german foreign minister heiko maas said on monday adding he could not imagine anyone who had usedchemical weapons against his own people to be part of that process1 maas was asked whether syrian president bashar al-assad could be part of a solution to the crisis in syria1 there will be a solution involving everyone who has influence on the region he told reporters on arrival to a meeting of eu foreign ministers in brussels.1 nobody can imagine someone who uses chemical weapons against his own people to be part of this solution1 nan reports that the u. s. britain and france fired more than 100 missiles at syria on friday in a one-time shot the pentagon said followed evidence that al-assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attackusing at least chlorine gas.1 while turkey is cooperating with both russia and iran to wind down some of the violence in syria ankara has long demanded that president al-assad must go and has backed rebels against him. assads main supporters are moscow and tehran.1 turkey has also been at loggerheads with washington over u.s. support for the syrian kurdish ypg militia which ankara considers a terrorist organisation linked to kurdish militants waging a decades-long insurgency in turkish soil.1 turkey supported the air strikes by u.s. british and french forces saying the move sent a message to al-assad.1