Kerry warns Assad of repercussions over Syria truce violations

May 04, 2016 02:09

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of "repercussions" if his regime flouts a new ceasefire being negotiated with Moscow for the battered city of Aleppo, AFP reported.

"If Assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions and one of them may be the total destruction of the ceasefire and they go back to war," Kerry told reporters.

"I don't think that Russia wants that. I don't think that Assad is going to benefit from that," he said.

"There may be even other repercussions that are being discussed but that is for the future to determine."

A February 27 truce between the Syrian regime and non-jihadist rebels raised hopes for efforts to resolve the five-year conflict.

But it has all but collapsed amid renewed fighting, the worst of it in Aleppo where a surge in violence has claimed more than 270 lives since April 22.

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