U.N. envoy sees continued U.S. work to end Syria warBERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria on Thursday said U.S. President Barack Obama could well keep working until his last day in office to end the war in Syria, and Russia did not want to be held responsible for the demolition of eastern Aleppo. “I would never underestimate an outgoing U.S. president as a lame duck,” Staffan de Mistura said in an interview published on Friday in Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. “President Obama .... and Secretary of State John Kerry are very motivated to end the greatest humanitarian tragedy of this century that has played out during their time in office. It’s about their legacy,” de Mistura said. De Mistura on Tuesday had expressed concern that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could launch a “brutal” new offensive to crush rebel-held eastern Aleppo before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. He said his recent meetings in Damascus showed the Syrian regime had been emboldened by Trump’s comments during the campaign about ending support for the Syrian opposition. But he said he reminded Syrian leaders that any U.S. president would face massive public pressure if the situation ended as a human tragedy with 200,000 people starving. De Mistura said he feared eastern Aleppo could be decimated by Christmas if the bombardment continued, which would spur tens of thousands of refugees to flee to Turkey, and could lead to a prolonged guerilla war in rural areas and car bombs in cities. The head of the Syria “White Helmets” volunteer group on Thursday said besieged residents of Aleppo were about ten days from starvation. The U.N. envoy said he believed Russia’s claim that it was not bombing any targets in eastern Aleppo, but added that Moscow was also not stopping Syrian forces from attacking hospitals or other targets in the city. Still, he said he believed Russia was serious about “not wanting to take responsibility for the destruction of eastern Aleppo.” He said it was simply not in the interest of Russia or the Syrian government to be left with a completely destroyed country, five or six years of a “mini-Afghanistan,” and a type of guerrilla war in the rural areas.  politicsNews
envoy sees continued work end syria warberlin reuters the special envoy syria thursday said president barack obama could well keep working last day office end war syria russia want held responsible demolition eastern aleppo i would never underestimate outgoing president lame duck staff de mixture said interview published friday germany sueddeutsche zeitung newspaper president obama secretary state john kerry motivated end greatest humanitarian tragedy century played time office it legacy de mixture said de mixture tuesday expressed concern syrian president basal could launch brutal new offensive crush eastern aleppo donald trump takes office he said recent meetings damascus showed syrian regime emboldened trump comments campaign ending support syrian opposition but said reminded syrian leaders president would face massive public pressure situation ended human tragedy people starving de mixture said feared eastern aleppo could decimated christmas bombardment continued would spur tens thousands refugees flee turkey could lead prolonged guerilla war rural areas car bombs cities the head syria white helmets volunteer group thursday said besieged residents aleppo ten days starvation the envoy said believed russia claim bombing targets eastern aleppo added moscow also stopping syrian forces attacking hospitals targets city still said believed russia serious wanting take responsibility destruction eastern he said simply interest russia syrian government left completely destroyed country five six years type guerrilla war rural areas politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.N. envoy sees continued U.S. work to end Syria warBERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria on Thursday said U.S. President Barack Obama could well keep working until his last day in office to end the war in Syria, and Russia did not want to be held responsible for the demolition of eastern Aleppo. “I would never underestimate an outgoing U.S. president as a lame duck,” Staffan de Mistura said in an interview published on Friday in Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. “President Obama .... and Secretary of State John Kerry are very motivated to end the greatest humanitarian tragedy of this century that has played out during their time in office. It’s about their legacy,” de Mistura said. De Mistura on Tuesday had expressed concern that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could launch a “brutal” new offensive to crush rebel-held eastern Aleppo before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. He said his recent meetings in Damascus showed the Syrian regime had been emboldened by Trump’s comments during the campaign about ending support for the Syrian opposition. But he said he reminded Syrian leaders that any U.S. president would face massive public pressure if the situation ended as a human tragedy with 200,000 people starving. De Mistura said he feared eastern Aleppo could be decimated by Christmas if the bombardment continued, which would spur tens of thousands of refugees to flee to Turkey, and could lead to a prolonged guerilla war in rural areas and car bombs in cities. The head of the Syria “White Helmets” volunteer group on Thursday said besieged residents of Aleppo were about ten days from starvation. The U.N. envoy said he believed Russia’s claim that it was not bombing any targets in eastern Aleppo, but added that Moscow was also not stopping Syrian forces from attacking hospitals or other targets in the city. Still, he said he believed Russia was serious about “not wanting to take responsibility for the destruction of eastern Aleppo.” He said it was simply not in the interest of Russia or the Syrian government to be left with a completely destroyed country, five or six years of a “mini-Afghanistan,” and a type of guerrilla war in the rural areas.  politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: envoy sees continued work end syria warberlin reuters the special envoy syria thursday said president barack obama could well keep working last day office end war syria russia want held responsible demolition eastern aleppo i would never underestimate outgoing president lame duck staff de mixture said interview published friday germany sueddeutsche zeitung newspaper president obama secretary state john kerry motivated end greatest humanitarian tragedy century played time office it legacy de mixture said de mixture tuesday expressed concern syrian president basal could launch brutal new offensive crush eastern aleppo donald trump takes office he said recent meetings damascus showed syrian regime emboldened trump comments campaign ending support syrian opposition but said reminded syrian leaders president would face massive public pressure situation ended human tragedy people starving de mixture said feared eastern aleppo could decimated christmas bombardment continued would spur tens thousands refugees flee turkey could lead prolonged guerilla war rural areas car bombs cities the head syria white helmets volunteer group thursday said besieged residents aleppo ten days starvation the envoy said believed russia claim bombing targets eastern aleppo added moscow also stopping syrian forces attacking hospitals targets city still said believed russia serious wanting take responsibility destruction eastern he said simply interest russia syrian government left completely destroyed country five six years type guerrilla war rural areas politicsnews