Emergency UN Security Council Meeting Set Hours After US Strike on
Syrian Army
MIDDLE EAST 01:39 18.09.2016(updated 05:01 18.09.2016) Get short URL 335391462
At the request of
Russia, the United Nations Security Council is set to convene at 7:30PM ET,
only a matter of hours after a US-led airstrike killed 80 Syrian Army forces
paving the way for a major Daesh offensive.
On
Saturday evening the United Nations Security Council will meet to discuss
airstrikes by the US-led coalition in Syria which Moscow says
targeted and killed some 80 Syrian military personnel only days into the
Syrian ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia.
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Russian
Foreign Ministry: White House 'Defending the Islamic State' Terrorists
Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakhavrova
said of the attacks, "If earlier we had suspicions that the Nusra
Front is protected this way, now after today’s airstrikes on the
Syrian army we come to a really terrifying conclusion for the entire
world: the White House is defending IS (Islamic State or Daesh)."
The
remarks by the Russian Foreign Ministry represent a sharp escalation
in rhetoric between Russia and the United States following in
the wake of a disturbing statement by the US Central Command
(CENTCOM) saying that the bombing of Syrian forces was unintentional,
but claiming that the United States had warned Russia about the attack
– a position that Russia vehemently denies and sees as the Obama
administration looking to off-put blame for the tragic incident.
Relations
between the two-parties regarding Syria also remain tumultuous
with Russia continuing to support the Assad regime with a view
towards stabilizing the country in order to enable the fight
against terrorism and prevent Syria from descending into a
failed terrorist ran country.
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Russia Wants Emergency UN Security Council
Session on US
Bombing
of Syrian Army The United States, by contrast, has long taken the position
that "Assad must go" before peace can be established
in Syria and has attempted to prop up the so-called
"moderate" opposition to the Assad regime while also combating
Daesh terrorists. This position has placed the Obama administration in a
conundrum with many of the rebels aligning themselves
with former al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front under the umbrella
group "The Army of Conquest."
The ceasefire brokered between US Secretary
of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was
promising because it called for the two countries to coordinate
airstrikes and came replete with a call by the United States
for the rebels to disband from their al-Nusra allies.
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AP PHOTO/ MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC US
Central Command Says Airstrike on Syrian Army
Killing 80 Was an Accident
However,
the rebels have refused to remove themselves from the ranks
of the al-Nusra Front and have intensified rather than stopped their
armed assault against Syrian Army forces in the days since the
ceasefire went into effect on September 12.
The latest tragedy in Syria looks
to threaten the delicate ceasefire agreement, but at the same time
highlights the importance of the deal in bringing the two sides
together to coordinate.
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