Kremlin stresses liquidation of Assad regime to make region plunge into chaos

Liquidating the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria can make the region plunge into chaos and will not help in the fight against terrorism, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, according to TASS.

"In any case, calls for overthrowing authorities in other countries can hardly be welcomed in Moscow. Moreover, liquidating a regime will hardly facilitate successful progress in the fight against terrorism. It can make the region plunge in total chaos," Peskov said.

The spokesman stressed that the Kremlin "knows nothing" about the internal memorandum by a group of US State Department diplomats that urges the Obama Administration to start delivering air strikes against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The New York Times confirmed the information saying that "dozens of State Department officials this week protested against US policy in Syria, signing an internal document that calls for targeted military strikes against the Damascus government and urging regime change as the only way to defeat ... [Daesh]." 

Source ; MENA