London: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an “arch-terrorist” and it is time Russia realised he is “literally and metaphorically toxic”, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson said on Sunday. Johnson said Assad’s ally Moscow still had time to be on the “right side of the argument”, in a Sunday Telegraph newspaper article. “Assad uses chemical weapons because they are not only horrible and indiscriminate. “He is literally and metaphorically toxic, and it is time Russia awoke to that fact. With the help of Russians and Iranians, and by dint of unrelenting savagery, he has not only recaptured Aleppo.

Source: Mint April 16, 2017 08:37 UTC