Assad says Russia’s military role slowing down IS jihadists

“ISIL is going to continue to be a deadly organization because of its social media, the resources it has and the networks of experienced fighters that it possesses”, Obama said, using one of several acronyms for the extremist group. “That’s going to win out every time. But I’m confident that we’re on the winning side of this”.

President Obama spoke from a climate change summit in Paris and called for nations to tackle climate change now. Russian Federation has said the plane was over Syrian airspace, on its way to attack ISIS targets.

“We do not see such accusations without any evidence as helpful”. Expect Unilateral Special-Ops Raids.

President Bashar al-Assad said peace would only come to war-torn Syria when the West and its Middle Eastern allies “stop supporting terrorists”, in an interview aired Tuesday on Czech TV.

He also condemned the recent shooting down of a Russian warplane by Turkey.

The decision to commit to the military campaign in Syria, in a gesture of solidarity with France after the November 13 Islamist attacks in Paris which killed 130 people, is a big step for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s right-left government. Yet in a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Obama also vouched for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally’s right to self-defense, and he pledged a solid USA commitment “to Turkey’s security and its sovereignty”.

“As the coalition forces, we are determined to keep up the fight against ISIS, and ISIS forces on the ground”, Erdogan said through a translator. “Their presence there is predicated on propping him up”.

He added that he does not think that this will change the balance of forces.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that Turkey will seal off the unsecured part of its border with Syria.

“What can happen is if the political process … if that works in Vienna, then it’s possible, given the existing accord the parties have already agreed to, we see at least pockets of cease-fires in and around Syria”, Obama said.

If you agree upon any steps or procedures with any opposition in the world, Syrian opposition I mean, what can you achieve?

Speaking shortly before Germany’s cabinet meets to approve the deployment of Tornado reconnaissance jets, refueling aircraft, a frigate and up to 1,200 military personnel to the region, Ursula von der Leyen defended the plans. Britain’s Cabinet also approved its own efforts against the group.