Summary Kerry's strongly worded remarks came hours after the peace talks.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Moscow and Damascus of seeking a military solution to the war in Syria rather than a political one Wednesday, after peace talks were suspended.
Kerry s strongly worded remarks came hours after the peace talks were suspended and as the Kremlin, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, vowed there would be no let-up in its controversial air campaign.
"The continued assault by Syrian regime forces -- enabled by Russian air strikes -- against opposition-held areas, as well as regime and allied militias continued besiegement of hundreds of thousands of civilians, have clearly signaled the intention to seek a military solution rather than enable a political one," Kerry said in a statement.
The United States and France had earlier condemned the Russian bombing around Syria s second city of Aleppo and Kerry again called for an immediate end to the bombardment.
"It is past time for them to meet existing obligations and restore the international community s confidence in their intentions of supporting a peaceful resolution to the Syrian crisis," Kerry said, addressing the Syrian regime "and its supporters."
He added: "During this pause (in the talks), the world needs to push in one direction -- toward stopping the oppression and suffering of the Syrian people and ending, not prolonging, this conflict."
Backed by external powers embroiled in Syria s war, the faltering peace negotiations are seeking to end a conflict that has killed more than 260,000 people and fueled the meteoric rise of the extremist Islamic State group.
