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“If Iran and Russia do not stop enabling the regime’s atrocities and adhere to U.N. Security Council resolutions, all nations must respond more forcibly than simply issuing strong statements,” McMaster said. “It is time to impose serious political and economic consequences on Moscow and Tehran. Assad should not have impunity for his crimes, and neither should his sponsors.”
The speech was deliveredat the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as part of a program on the Syria crisis titled, “Is the Worst Yet to Come?” The event coincided with the publication of a report by the museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide that found the crisis “is entering a new phase in which civilians will face heightened risks of mass atrocities.” The report accuses Assad’s government, along with Syria’s allies Russia and Iran, of committing atrocities against civilians.
McMaster’s speech came as reports swirl about his potential ouster, and just days after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — who had a habit of taking more aggressive stances than the White House — was fired by the president via Twitter. McMaster replaced fired national security adviser Michael Flynn in February 2017 but has been known to clash with Trump over a broad array of issues.
At the museum, he invoked the memory of the Holocaust as he called for greater international action in the region.
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