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"Madam President, nearly six years on since the start of the civil war we find ourselves in a position where Syria has become an almost accepted item or piece of intractable, insoluble foreign policy and a tragic killing field. Like so many others in the House, I also advocated a no-fly zone five years ago before Russia entered the conflict, which would have limited the loss of life and would have prevented us reaching this stalemate we now see today. But I do of course recognise and thank the High Representative for the excellent and fantastic job she is doing to try and re-engage and resume talks. The atrocious siege of Aleppo by Assad’s army with the support of Russian bombers continues. UN special envoy Stephen O’Brien has described the situation as being one of a deliberate tactic of cruelty by Assad and Russia. We wait now to see what the Trump administrative policy will be with regard to Syria, but his comments regarding a deal with Russia over Syria and Ukraine leaves little room for optimism, both by betraying Ukrainian sovereignty and turning a blind eye to war crimes carried out against innocent civilians. We can draw some comfort that evil Isis is now being squeezed in Raqqa, but my fear is that they will regroup and re-emerge elsewhere, including in our cities in Europe."@en1
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