US no longer focused on removing Assad from power in Syria, ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley says

‘The United States’ diplomatic policy on Syria for now is no longer focused on making the war-torn country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, leave power, the US ambassador to the United Nations has said, in a departure from the Obama administration’s stance on Assad’s fate.
The view of the Trump administration is also at odds with European powers, who insist Assad must step down.
“You pick and choose your battles and when we’re looking at this, it’s about changing up priorities and our priority is no longer to sit there and focus on getting Assad out,” US Ambassador Nikki Haley told a small group of reporters on Thursday.’
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