Erdogan erupts with criticism against Bashar al-Assad

“It is impossible to continue with Assad, how can we embrace the future with a Syrian president who has killed approximately one million of his citizens?

Syrian president has yet to comment on the charges, however, he has repeatedly denied charges on the deadly attack on civilians, reports “Sputnik International” Transmission Periscope.

Despite Turkey's mediator in the Syrian peace talks, which are also mediated by Russia and Iran, Assad has earlier refused to consider Ankara as a partner or a guarantor state, accusing this country of supporting terrorism.

For its part, Ankara is sending mixed signals about its view of Syria's political future.

In November, Erdogan declared that Turkey was not excluding future contacts with Assad, with the statement after declaring that Ankara does not consider Damascus a threat.

However, since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011, Turkey, along with many regional states, as well as the US, has called on Assad to resign.

Recently, Ankara placed observation points on Syria's Africa and sent troops there to support the anti-terrorism operation conducted by the Syrian Free Army, which has been the second joint campaign on the ground by forces over a year.. /Periscopi/