U.K. Foreign Office minister Andrew Morrison on Monday denounced an attack on Syria’s Idlib province by forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime in which five Turkish soldiers and three civilians were martyred. “I condemn the Assad regime’s attacks in Idlib today and the unacceptable loss of life of Syrian civilians and Turkish soldiers,” Morrison said on Twitter. He called on the Assad regime and its backer Russia “to adhere to ...
![Assad has been clear that he intends to run for re-election to "let the people decide" what they want. [wikia]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/assad_points.jpg?itok=6ZSHWZSR "Assad has been clear that he intends to run for re-election to \"let the people decide\" what they want. [wikia]")
![UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay gives a press conference on December 2, 2013 at the United Nations offices in Geneva.[ AFP/ Fabrice Coffrini]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/453013611.jpg?itok=4XnLrdZa "UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay gives a press conference on December 2, 2013 at the United Nations offices in Geneva.[ AFP/ Fabrice Coffrini]")
![The US Naval ship the Cape Ray [not pictured] is being equipped with hydrolysis equipment so that it can destroy Syria's chemical weapons at sea. [US naval ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea. AFP/File]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/US_navy_afp.jpg?itok=F3o4bhsz "The US Naval ship the Cape Ray [not pictured] is being equipped with hydrolysis equipment so that it can destroy Syria's chemical weapons at sea. [US naval ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea. AFP/File]")
![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on November 27, 2013. [Atta Kenare/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/000_Nic6269769.jpg?itok=X86BKnPM "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on November 27, 2013. [Atta Kenare/AFP]")
![Syria has rejected the exclusion of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from political transition in the country. [Getty Images/Sasha Mordovets]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/98963545.jpg?itok=4lIVRsBc "Syria has rejected the exclusion of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from political transition in the country. [Getty Images/Sasha Mordovets]")
![Members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front in Syria. [presstv.ir]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/shamsara20130817042224960.jpg?itok=JFKQOSqd "Members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front in Syria. [presstv.ir]")
