(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) London, March 15 (Petra)--British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson and International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, said the Syria crisis, which enters its eighth year, has become one of the longest and bloodiest wars in recent history.
In a joint statement to mark seven years of the Syria conflict, they said the impact on Syrians, above all civilians, has been devastating with an estimated 400,000 dead and 13 million in need of humanitarian assistance.
"The Asad regime and those who back it bear overwhelming responsibility for the destruction of the country, its infrastructure and the lives of its people," they added.
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