France rules out Assad as partner in terror fight

By Washington Examiner

Published August 28, 2014 12:29pm ET

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France rules out Assad as partner in terror fight — French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech to French Ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Aug. 28. 2014. The French leader who once decried global finance and vowed a 75-percent tax on millionaires has quashed dissent from his Socialist government's left flank and appointed a well-heeled former investment banker as his new point man on the economy. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool) | Christophe Ena

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande has ruled out an international partnership with Syria’s leader to fight against the Islamic State group, saying any alliance with Bashar Assad would play into the militants’ hands.

In a wide-ranging speech Thursday to international ambassadors, Hollande said France would call an international conference to address the threat of Islamic State militants and said a broad alliance was needed.

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