U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says that bringing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to "justice" "remains a priority" for the U.S. and his control of the country "continues to be a hinderance to peace in Syria."



"But in addition to that, we need to start putting pressure on Russia and Iran," the former South Carolina governor said. "We need to get the Iranian influence out of there."



"We want him to pay for the crimes he's done," she said about the Syrian president. "We want Russia to know how dangerous it is for Assad to remain in power."



"Our goal is -- we want to bring Assad to justice," she said. "In addition to that, we're going to fight ISIS. Assad is not going away, but we're not going to stop beating up on him."