(Franco Iacch)
30/09/15

http://www.difesaonline.it/mondo-militare/siria-mosca-autorizza-i-raid-aerei-monito-agli-usa-sgomberate-i-cieli

The Upper House of the Russian Parliament has approved the use of the armed forces of the country abroad. The decision provides for the exclusive use of the Air Force and provides no ground operation. And 'as they communicate at the Kremlin.

"We are talking only of the use of the Russian Air Force, as confirmed by our president. And 'exclude the use of ground forces. The aim of the military operations is targeted to the air support to the Syrian government forces in their fight against Islamic state.
The President of the Syrian Arab Republic has asked the leadership of our country to provide military assistance. Terrorism must be fought, but you still need to observe the rules of international law.
Our goal is to save Syria in the interest of his people and not to meet, as they feared the Westerners, our ambitions. As for the timeline, we are unable to give a time frame it will take us many aircraft do their armament. We are the only ones to respect international law . United States, France and Australia with their raid in Syria and Iraq have circumvented the international standards".

According to Fox News, Russia asked the US to vacate Syrian airspace immediately. The Pentagon has not shown any willingness to do so.

Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria have recently created an information center in Baghdad to coordinate the fight against the Islamic state.

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