Defeating Islamic State, pushing Iranian influence out of Syria, and the ousting of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad are priorities for Washington, Haley said in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, which will air in full on Sunday. President Donald Trump ordered the missile strike after watching television images of infants suffering from chemical weapons injuries. Haley’s latest comments jarred with remarks made by secretary of state Rex Tillerson, who said on Saturday that Washington’s first priority is the defeat of Isis. Once the threat from Isis has been reduced or eliminated, “I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilising the situation in Syria,” Tillerson said in excerpts from an interview on CBSs Face the Nation, that will air in full on Sunday. “If we can achieve ceasefires in zones of stabilisation in Syria, then I believe – we hope we will have the conditions to begin a useful political process,” Tillerson said.

Source: The Guardian April 09, 2017 02:44 UTC