No foreign troops to be in Syria to fight against ISISTop Stories

February 10, 2015 16:40
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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said that his country does not need foreign troops to fight Islamic State (IS) militants on its soil. “We will not allow anyone to infringe upon our national sovereignty and we don’t need (foreign) ground troops to fight the IS,” Mr. al-Moallem said in a joint press conference with his visiting Belarussian counterpart, Vladimir Makei. “The Syrian troops are carrying out this mission with full courage,” Mr. al-Moallem said.

Mr. Al-Moallem said there is no coordination between Syria and Jordan in terms of fighting against terrorism, although Damascus called on Jordan for cooperation after the death of Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who was burned alive by the IS, “despite the fact that we knew Jordan had no independent decision regarding coordinating with Syria”. He accused Jordan of being part of the process to funnel “terrorists” into Syria after getting trained in camps inside Jordan. More than 210,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict since it began in March 2011, and around the half the population has been displaced.

By Premji

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