Jaafari: Terrorism Can not be Fought through selectivity, UN Ways of Dealing with Terrorism in Syria Problematic

NEW YORK,(ST)_ Syria ‘s permanent representative to the UN  Dr. Bashar Jaafari stressed that Syria is facing mercenary terrorists coming from 83 countries , trained in camps in Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia under the supervision of the US,  France and Britain, pointing a moral problem with the way the UN  deals with terrorism issue  in Syria.

In  a statement after a meeting for the UN Security Council to discuss conditions related to the crisis in Syria ,  attended by the UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, and the UN  assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Kyung-wha Kang, who  represents, “OCHA” via webcast from Geneva Jaafari  noted that a joint session  for persons responsible for political and humanitarian  file, for the first time   together, to discuss issues related to the situation of  the so  called the Syrian crisis is a positive development because just in  one meeting, UNSC members   were able  to discuss  the political and humanitarian issues , simultaneously.

Jaafari  explained that terrorism can not be fought by  selectivity  “as we fight terrorism while keeping an ease  with what the  wrong policies  carried out  by the Turkish government against  Syria , noting that  Turkey breaches  the UN Charter and the principles of the international  law through interfering in  Syria’s internal affairs and in  allowing terrorists to cross the border

Replying  a question about the  International alliance  continued raids against Daesh terrorist organizations inside Syria and whether it had yielded any positive results Jaafari said that  “the so-called  “alliance” launches  between 8 and 13 sorties, daily  against  Daesh terrorists  in Syria and Iraq, while the Syrian jets  mount  every day about 130 sorties against Daesh and al-Nusra front  and other terrorist organizations and therefore,  the Syrian warplanes are strongly  engaged in the fight against terrorists in all parts of the country,  not only in Aleppo .

“We have serious doubts about the motives and goals of the US strikes, as the US president pointed out that these strikes will continue for three years and  we do not know how can the most powerful  military force in the world fail to hit the 15,000 terrorist deployed along the Syrian-Iraqi desert, according to the US Department of Defense,” Jaafari said ,noting  remarks made  by  US defense department officials that this war could last long , and some say  it will last 20 to 30 years .

“ This is a war of attrition against  all peoples and governments in the region , mainly the  Iraqi and Syrian governments because , they are  the main goals of this campaign”, Jaafari emphasized.

Jaafari said: “our suspicion in the   Alliance  lies in that it  fights Daesh organization, while being  patient with the Turkish government support to it,” Jaafari said,  adding that the alliance opens new fronts against the  Syrian forces in order  to disperse its efforts on fighting  Daesh  along  the Turkish-Syrian border to other areas and that means reducing the pressure that can be brought against Daesh terrorists , which also  means that again the alliance  facilitate Daesh activities  in Iraq and Syria.

T. Fateh