France says Syrian government principally behind truce violations
NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Sunday that despite U.S.-led coalition air strikes on the Syrian army, it was Syrian government forces that were principally behind violations of a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia.
"We have to hold on to this accord and keep it alive at all costs so we need to get over the events of the last few hours," Jean-Marc Ayrault told reporters in New York.
"But while there were these incidents ... we shouldn't forget that what has harmed the American-Russian ceasefire is firstly the regime. It is always the regime of Bashar al-Assad." (Reporting by John Irish; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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