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Syria tells Jordan to back off, accuses neighbor of training ISIS

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, right, meets with Belarusian Uladzimir Makei, left, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo)
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, right, meets with Belarusian Uladzimir Makei, left, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo)
Syria’s foreign minister on Monday criticized neighbouring Jordan, which recently stepped up air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, and said his country does not need outside help in battling IS militants.

Walid al-Moallem also told reporters that Damascus will not accept Jordanian or other foreign ground troops crossing into Syria to fight the Islamic State group.

He accused Jordan of allowing “terrorists” — a government term for all opposition fighters seeking to topple Assad — to cross into Syria after training them in camps in Jordan overseen by the United States. The CIA has said it is running a rebel training program in Jordan.

Al-Moallem claimed that Jordan, “which fights the Islamic State group along with the international coalition, doesn’t fight” against Syria’s main al-Qaida branch, called the Nusra Front, along its borders.

The Nusra Front is fighting with Syrian rebel groups in southern Syria, near the border with Jordan.

There has been no mention of any international troops offering to go into Syria to fight IS. Jordan has, however, vowed to retaliate harshly for the slaying of one of its pilots, who was burned alive by the Islamic State group militants last week.

“We will not allow anyone to violate our national sovereignty and we do not need any ground troops to fight Daesh,” al-Moallem said, using the Arabic acronym for the extremist group.

“The Syrian Arab government is fully capable of fighting Daesh valiantly and we don’t need any other troops,” he added. Al-Moallem spoke at a joint press conference with Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in the Syrian capital.

Jordan is a member of a U.S.-led coalition fighting IS in Syria. The Syrian government describes the airstrikes campaign as illegitimate because it has not been co-ordinated with the Syrian government.

Syrian government forces are fighting IS militants on the ground but have lost about a third of the country to the extremist group.

Government troops are also battling opposition fighters from an array of rebel groups fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Al-Moallem said Syria offered to co-ordinate with the Jordanian government in fighting terrorism, but received no response.

AP

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8 responses to “Syria tells Jordan to back off, accuses neighbor of training ISIS”

  1. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Blah blah blah… Ya raytik khriit wu ma 7kiit.
    If it weren’t for Iran, Hezbollah, the Peshmerga and the coalition you would have been in the Golan heights seeking asylum in Israel.

  2. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    Iran also were not happy when USA started their bombing campaign against the Daeshbags. Both Assad and Iran backs the Daeshbags because they are the tool they use against the FSA. Ok Jordan doesnt attack Nusrah!! Why should they attack Nusrah? Did Nusrah attacked Jordan? NO. So who is the target of Nusrah ? Answer: Assad regime. Did the Daeshbags attack the Assad regime NO. So who are the targets of the Daeshbags? Answer: The FSA and the Kurds. So thats why we say them fighting against each other and as soon as the Kurds drove the Daeshbags out , the Assad regime started attacking the Kurds!!

    1. zabada Avatar
      zabada

      kheah..kheah..kheah….you win.peace.

  3. Rascal Avatar
    Rascal

    F**k off Assad, you don’t have a country anymore. And certainly not in any position to tell anyone what to do.
    Stick to your barrel bombs till you are dragged through the streets.

  4. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    well of course he doesn’t want anyone to hurt his ISIS oil suppliers? the big boys in Damascus and Daesh have agreements in place and they have to protect their interest. if Syrian President really wished to stay alive longer he should then appreciate Jordan and the coalation who are fighting his dirty war he created.

  5. Free Lebanese Avatar
    Free Lebanese

    Assad and the king abdullah of jordan, both puppets of the same hand…Agents and collaborators of the conspiracy against the syrian people….

  6. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
    Maborlz Ez-Hari

    Just kill yourselves till your hearts are content, thats the only lingo they know. Chop, burn, shoot, explode, starve, rape bunch of miserable zombies. Salaam assholes.

  7. Trol Avatar
    Trol

    Wallah……and so why u dont fight them then??U left them to kill,enslave,behead,torch and rape so many people.Why???I tell u why..coz u want the world to see the cruel daesh and the”good” Bashar!!!Idiots……and u think the rest of the world will believe u.

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