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U.S. accuses Syria of helping ISIS advance on Aleppo
In series of tweets, U.S. embassy in Syria says Assad has lost legitimacy
and 'will never be an effective counterterrorism partner;' Iraq PM: U.S.-led
coalition not doing enough against ISIS.
The United States has accused the Syrian military of carrying out air
strikes to help Islamic State fighters advance around the northern city of
Aleppo, messages posted on the U.S. Embassy Syria official Twitter feed said
.
"Reports indicate that the regime is making air strikes in support of ISIL's
advance on Aleppo, aiding extremists against Syrian population," a post on
the U.S. Embassy Syria Twitter account said late on Monday, using an acronym
for Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS.
Islamic State fighters pushed back rival insurgents north of Aleppo on
Sunday near the Turkish border, threatening their supply route to the city,
fighters and a group monitoring the war said. Fighters from Levant Front, a
northern alliance which includes Western-backed rebels and Islamist
fighters, said they feared Islamic State was heading for the Bab al-Salam
crossing between Aleppo and the Turkish province of Kilis.
Syrian officials have previously dismissed as nonsense allegations by
Washington and Syrian opposition activists that the Syrian military has
helped Islamic State's fight against rival Syrian insurgent forces.
"The Syrian army is fighting Islamic State in all areas where it is present
in Syria," a military source said.
The United States suspended operations in its embassy in Damascus in 2012
but still publishes messages on the embassy Twitter feed.
The account said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had long lost legitimacy
and "will never be an effective counterterrorism partner."
Assad and Syrian officials have frequently called for international
cooperation to fight jihadists in Syria. Damascus has described all
insurgents fighting against it as foreign-backed "terrorist organisations. |
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