Russia slams U.S. attempts to provide air cover to Syrian rebels
Russia slams U.S. attempts to provide air cover to Syrian rebels
Middle East
August 4, 2015
via Russia slams U.S. attempts to provide air cover to Syrian rebels – The Journal of Turkish Weekly.
Is this a declaration of war ?
Kremlin denounced Monday the U.S. attempts to provide air cover for Syrian rebels, indicating it will ultimately destabilize the country’s situation.
“We have repeatedly stressed that the assistance, especially financial or technical one, to the Syrian opposition would further destabilize the situation in the country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Once implemented, the plans would benefit the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorists, weakening the counter potential of the Syrian capital Damascus, Peskov said.
“This is a fundamental disagreement between Moscow and Washington over Syria,” he added.
On Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly authorized air defense to U.S.-backed Syrian rebels against attacks from terrorists or Syrian government forces.
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“What we are trying to convey is that we’ll also do defensive efforts in case or in the hypothetical that they would come under fire from Syrian forces,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.
He ruled out that any such attack would be offensive, however, Toner said “any type of effort to protect them from Syrian forces would be defensive in nature”.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest hinted at the policy Monday, saying previous warnings that Washington issued to Damascus to not interfere with its aerial bombardment of Daesh and other Syrian extremists holds true for the U.S.-trained opposition forces.
He added that the U.S. and its coalition partners are “committed to using military force where necessary to protect the coalition-trained and equipped Syrian opposition fighters that are operating against ISIL inside of Syria right now”.
The decision by President Barack Obama could potentially further Washington’s stake in the Syrian conflict, and drag the U.S. deeper into ongoing hostilities – action the Obama administration has been reluctant to take.
http://www.turkishweekly.net/2015/08/05/news/us-explicitly-warns-damascus-not-to-attack-its-rebels/
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WarSclerotic 
August 6, 2015 at 4:17 PM
Reblogged this on BPI reblog001 and commented:
Obama has been on the wrong side of every issue in the Middle East!