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Kerry says Assad must go, timing down to negotiation

LONDON - US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria's President Bashar Assad has to go but the timing of his departure had to be decided through negotiation.
Speaking after talks with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond he called on Russia and Iran to use their influence to convince Assad to negotiate.
He said there is an urgency to renewing efforts to find a political settlement to end the four-year war and worsening refugee crisis in Syria.