Damascus Says Washington Informed Syrian UN Envoy Before Striking Islamic State Group In Syria
Source: Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria Syria's foreign ministry says the United States informed Damascus' envoy to the United Nations before launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria.
Syrian state media carried a brief statement from the foreign ministry early on Tuesday, saying that "the American side informed Syria's permanent envoy to the U.N. that strikes will be launched against the Daesh terrorist organization in Raqqa."
The statement used an Arabic name referring to the Islamic State group. The city of Raqqa is the militant group's self-declared capital in Syria.
It was Damascus' first official reaction after the U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes on Islamic State group's targets in Syria late Monday, expanding a military campaign into a country whose three-year civil war has given the brutal militant group a safe haven.
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pkdu
(3,977 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Syria wants to look like they helped so they get credit.
So far they're making out and now there are reports of a Russian missile hitting Al Nusra targets in the last hour.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)But who knows. I'll check twitter for more information.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread, Purveyor.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)so we can get back to the regularly scheduled programming.
(Unless of course, there is a non-violent opposition group in Gandhian philosophy)
Respect paid, I suppose, as the US sees it, even after Assad had said "No".
quadrature
(2,049 posts)why say this?
perhaps Assod is trying to save face?
means something
to a person who is not
of the USA-culture?
help me out here... thanks
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Also gets Syria to stand down and not attack any of the planes/drones/whatever they're throwing at isil. We're not doing any of this because we give a shit about al assad but he will likely benefit from any degrading of isil so it's in his interest to stand back and let it happen.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Assad does not want to do too much to get in the way, especially since ISIL is the most reviled entity on the planet