... 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 ...
... holy month of Ramadan, the jihadist organization the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), declared the establishment of a caliphate on Iraqi and Syrian territory controlled by its militants
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... send troops to participate in operations abroad for a short time. However, given the upcoming mid-term elections to Congress at the end of the year, Barack Obama does not want to antagonize the House of Representatives and does not need Republican accusations that he is set to send troops back to Iraq.
For Iraq against Kurdistan
AP, Bilal Fawzi
Alexander Aksenyonok:
Jihad Erupts Again: Why Now and What Next
Iran's interests in Iraq are somewhat different from those of America.
Tehran is interested ...