MOSCOW: Fighting Terrorists in Syria Impossible without Coordination with Damascus

MOSCOW-The US-led international coalition will not succeed in the effort to fight Daesh (ISIL) terrorist organization in Syria if there is no coordination with Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Tuesday, according to Itar tass.

“In any case, there is no hope here of gaining victory over the terrorists without a broad coordination with the Syrian government,” Lukashevich said.

“Terrorists are strengthening their rule on a part of Syria’s territory, and the international coalition has not solved the problems in Ayn al-Arab (Kobani),” he said, also mentioning the air strikes against the ISIL in Raqqa province

The diplomat stressed that Moscow considers that its goal is to continue providing assistance to Damascus in the fight against terrorism and supporting the efforts aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis by political means based on the June 2012 Geneva Statement, “through a broad dialogue without foreign dictation and preconditions.”

H. Mustafa