Syria, Iran, Russia Slam Obama’s Strategy
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Syria, Iran, and Russia slammed the US administration the US-led coalition to confront "Daesh" [ISIL]while a state-run Syrian daily warned that unauthorized US airstrikes on Syrian territory may trigger the "first sparks of fire" in the region.
"Any action of any type without the approval of Syrian government is an aggression against Syria," Ali Haidar, minister of national reconciliation affairs, told reporters in Damascus. "There must be cooperation with Syria and coordination with Syria and there must be a Syrian approval of any action, whether it is military or not."
Foreign countries could use ISIL simply as a pretext for attacking Syria, Haidar told reporters ahead of a meeting with new international peace mediator Staffan de Mistura.
State-run al-Thawra newspaper warned in a front-page editorial that Obama's authorization of airstrikes in Syria might be "the first sparks of fire in the region."
In Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said the anti- ISIL coalition outlined by US President Barack Obama has "serious ambiguities," the official IRNA news agency reported.
She added Iran has doubts about the seriousness of the coalition because some of its members have been supporters of terrorists in Iraq and Syria.
Meanwhile, Russia, said that airstrikes against ISIL in Syria without a UN Security Council mandate would be an act of aggression. "This step, in the absence of a UN Security Council decision, would be an act of aggression, a gross violation of international law," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
In a prime-time address from the White House late Wednesday, Obama announced he was authorizing US airstrikes inside Syria for the first time, along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of "a steady, relentless effort" to root out ISIL extremists.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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