United States Secretary of State John Kerry walks out of Massachusetts General Hospital to speak to reporters in Boston, Massachusetts June 12, 2015. Reuters/Brian Snyder
Reuters: Kerry says 'patience wearing thin' on Syria's Assad
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he had discussed Syria's use of chemical weapons with Russia and the international community's patience with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's behavior was wearing thin.
Speaking to reporters via video conference from Boston, Kerry said he was confident Assad's government was responsible for a "preponderance" of chemical attacks against his own people and that "everyone's patience is wearing thin."
Kerry said it was one of the issues he discussed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov by phone on Monday and was confident Lavrov would raise it with Assad, who agreed in 2013 under a U.S.-Russia brokered deal to dismantle the country's chemical weapons arsenal.
WNU Editor: After 5 years of war, 300,000 dead, 1,000,000 injured, 10,000,000+ refugees ... and it is only now that U.S. patience is wearing thin?!?!?!?!
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