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Kerry: We have to talk to Assad Syria conflict: We have to talk to Assad, admits Kerry
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US will "have to negotiate in the end" with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Secretary of State John Kerry says The United States will "have to negotiate in the end" with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Speaking on the fourth anniversary of the civil war, Mr Kerry said the conflict was "one of the worst tragedies any of us have seen".
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. He said the US was pushing President Assad to begin negotiations again after two previous rounds of talks collapsed.
More than 215,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the conflict.
The US was working hard to "re-ignite" efforts to find a political solution to end the war, Mr Kerry said in an interview in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Interviewed by CBS, he said the US was working with the moderate opposition in Syria as well as pursuing a diplomatic track.
"We have had conversations with a number of different critical players in this tragedy," he added.