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Russia’s Military Presence in Syria Could Further Escalate Conflict – John Kerry
During a phone talk with Sergei Lavrov, John Kerry made it clear that Russia’s alleged military build-up in Syria could cause the escalation of conflict in the country.
On Monday, Israeli news outlet Ynet reported, citing anonymous Western officials, that Russia was sending fighter jets to Syria to conduct airstrikes against ISIL positions. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later refuted the claims.
“The Secretary called Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov this morning to discuss Syria, including U.S. concerns about reports suggesting an imminent enhanced Russian military build-up there,” the statement on the US Department of State website read.
According to the statement, Kerry “made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL [IS] Coalition operating in Syria.”
The two top diplomats agreed to continue discussions of the Syrian issue during the UN General Assembly meeting in New York later this month.
Syria has been engulfed in a civil war since 2011. Apart from battling the so-called moderate opposition, Syrian government forces are fighting against IS militants and the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria.
A US-led coalition of some 60 nations has been fighting the positions of IS militants in Syria and Iraq since 2014. In Syria, the operation is being conducted without the permission of Damascus.
In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would support the formation of an anti-terrorism coalition if Syria considered it appropriate and feasible.
This article was published at Sputnik and is reprinted in accordance with Sputnik reprint policy.
Source: http://thenewsdoctors.com/russias-military-presence-in-syria-could-further-escalate-conflict-john-kerry/
Wait a minute, is not the U.S fighting ISIS?, well I think that Russia will be a good help in fighting ISIS, unless that the U.S is not really fighting ISIS and their game have been expose. Remember that Obama even admitted in front of the tv that the US trains ISIS!. Also Scott Bennet uncovered the US companies and kingpins that fund ISIS! He gave it to every member of Congress and nobody did anything!.
The issue is that Russia is more concerned with protecting Basher Assad than fighting ISIS. Russia could give a Fig about ISIS.
Putin is more likely to escalate tensions between the countries fighting ISIS and Syria simply because he CAN…..and because he gets enjoyment from it. (He is a bit like Kim Jong Un in that regard.) It makes me believe that Russia may have been involved in the creation and support of ISIS since Putin is in such a hurry to get down there an insert himself in these matters but NOT fight ISIS.
Russia did purchase tens of thousands of Toyotas several years ago that set in a parking lot waiting for transport for several months, then they all were shipped off. As I recall….they were all standard white Toyotas , trucks and cars.
Makes sense that Putin would do such a thing……train a barbarian army in a distant land…..to protect his nation friend. Doesn’t it?