Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Action Against Assad | Foreign Policy Initiative

Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Action Against Assad | Foreign Policy Initiative

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Washington, D.C.—Fifty foreign policy experts and former U.S. government officials signed an open letter today urging President Obama to act more assertively to stop the Assad regime’s continuing atrocities against Syrian civilians. Organized by the Foreign Policy Initiative and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the letter calls onthe President to impose crippling multilateral sanctions; form a contact group of like-minded international partners to further pressure President Assad; establish direct contact with the Syrian National Council and other anti-regime Syrian groups; and work with Turkey to establish safe havens for Syrian civilians and no-go zonesfor the Assad regime’s military and security forces.

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