Putin Does Not Rule Out Russian Strikes in Syria
Sky’s diplomatic editor Dominic Waghorn said: “Putin’s been flying drones over parts of Syria, not where Islamic State are based, but where there are rebel groups, a few of whom are close to, and are backed by America”.
‘I believe that President Obama heard what President Putin had to say‘. “If one is against the terrorists, it is not abnormal to strike the terrorists“.
The U.S. has also been engaged in airstrikes allegedly against the ISIL militants wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq but apparently to no avail as violence remains at its peak in the neighboring Muslim states.
He added that if Assad left the office sooner, it could generate an inward explosion, that would deprive the country of any government services.
Moscow’s military support for Assad irks Washington, which calls for the Syrian president’s ouster.
“If it is Islamic State, he’s not been gathering intelligence on them, here”.
“Bashar has been qualified by the U.N.as a criminal against humanity”.
Putin’s spokesman, Peskov, said the decision meant Russian Federation would be practically the only country in Syria to be conducting operations “on a legitimate basis” and at the request of “the legitimate president of Syria”. Fabius said.
“Everybody understands that Syria is at stake, and the world is looking rapidly for a few kind of resolution”, Kerry said.
Today’s request came after Mr Putin’s bilateral meeting with Barack Obama on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, where the pair discussed Russia’s recent military build-up in Syria. “This is going to be a complex process”.
“It now appears that our administration is seriously debating a few type of an accommodation with the Russians in order to fight ISIS”, Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday. “Well, at least we don’t plan on it right now”, he told CBS, through a translator.
Western council diplomats, however, voiced doubts that the meeting would yield any significant results.
“We all agreed that our common goal is to defeat Islamic State (IS), not to allow IS to establish the “caliphate”, which they are planning to expand further to huge territories…”