Kerry: Assad and ISIS Have ‘Symbiotic’ Relationship

Foreign Policy: The Obama administration's emerging strategy to dislodge Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is focusing on tying the strongman to the self-proclaimed Islamic State and disputing the idea that coalition airstrikes inside Syria are helping Assad.

"I'm aware that some believe airstrikes against ISIL in Syria will have the perverse effect of assisting the country's long-time dictator," Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday, using one of the acronyms by which the group is also known. "But that assumption is based on a misreading of the political reality in Syria. In fact, the Assad regime and ISIL are dependent on one another."

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