{"id":151302,"date":"2015-09-14T06:01:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T06:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=151302"},"modified":"2015-09-14T06:01:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T06:01:26","slug":"ending-syria-war-key-to-migrant-crisis-us-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/ending-syria-war-key-to-migrant-crisis-us-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Ending Syria war key to migrant crisis – US general"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official has told the BBC.<\/p>\n
Gen John Allen, special presidential envoy for the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, said IS had to be defeated and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “had to go”.<\/p>\n
He said it was “heart-wrenching” to see people fleeing the region.<\/p>\n
But he added that the coalition was in a stronger place than a year ago.<\/p>\n
He also praised Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as “a real partner”.<\/p>\n
Europe is struggling to deal with an enormous influx of refugees and migrants, mostly from Syria but also from Iraq and other countries, fleeing violence and poverty.<\/p>\n