... and both agree that the Syrian "moderate" rebels ought to be helped in their fight against the Syrian Army loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, the expert explained.
Sending arms and funding to Syrian opposition rebels won't help to eliminate ISIL, Kortunov said.
The situation in Syria is very complicated. One can't claim that Syrian opposition rebels, supported by the US government, don't fight ISIL. They do, as everyone is fighting everyone in Syria right now.
However, there were documented cases when arms and equipment, which ...
... oil-producing monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula and Jordan joined the NATO coalition. In an address delivered to the nation on September 10, 2014 from the state floor of the White House, President Obama spoke about a systematic campaign of airstrikes against ISIL positions in Syria and Iraq
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. Without the approval of the UN Security Council, the United States with the support of a number of allied countries carried out an air operation on September 22 to destroy oil-producing areas in the Syrian province of Raqqa, i.e....
... However, as is the case with Syria, the Obama administration is facing a number of hard choices, with the overall situation even more delicate because of double standards about terrorism. The White House has labeled the Assad regime illegitimate, so ISIL in Syria has never been properly opposed. While maintaining close links with Iran, Mr. Al-Maliki is considered a U.S. ally. But striking the Islamists in Iraq would mean direct American involvement in a civil war on the Shiite side, which would play into ...
