The Associated Press, 10 FEB 2016-France’s foreign minister has denounced the “terrifying brutality” of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.
In a speech at France’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday, Laurent Fabius also said there was “a complicity of Russia and Iran.”
Fabius was speaking a few hours after announcing he has decided to leave the government to head France’s Constitutional Court. He called for a cease-fire in Syria and reiterated France’s position in favor of peace talks.
France is a member of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group.
The French government insisted on Wednesday that a political solution in Syria ultimately requires Assad’s departure.