MESOP OUTLOOK : TIMES ARE A-CHANGING – BORIS JOHNSON

Boris Johnson: UK looking into military intervention in Syria – ‘People have changed their mind,’ foreign secretary said.

By  Cynthia Kroet – Politico Belgium – 10/13/16, 2:30 PM CETBritain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday said that the public mood has changed in favor of an intervention in the Syrian war.“People have changed their mind on this,” he told the parliament in a question and answer session, the Guardian reported.

He said that a parliamentary debate on Tuesday showed there was an appetite for action, and that the government will look at “kinetic” options to intervene — although it remains unclear if this will lead to action.No new military initiative could go ahead without U.S. support, he said, adding that he had held talks with advisers close to the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Johnson said he will be hosting on Sunday a meeting of foreign ministers, which includes the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, on how to proceed in Syria and Iraq.The move comes amid relentless bombardment of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian government war planes, one week after a ceasefire negotiated by Moscow and Washington in September collapsed. www.mesop.de