Posted on 10/05/2015 7:43:01 AM PDT by Lorianne
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday that airstrikes in Syria must target ISIS militants but also other groups "considered as terrorists."
Fabius said a statement by President Francois Hollande Friday that Russian airstrikes must target "Daesh and only Daesh (the Arabic acronym for ISIS)", did not exclude other groups like the Al-Nusra Front. "Of course, it is a concise formulation, it is Daesh and groups considered as terrorists," Fabius told Europe 1 radio in an interview, referring to Hollande's statement.
Moscow, which has launched more than 70 airstrikes in Syria since last Wednesday, has come under fire for targeting Western-backed opposition groups and ISIS fighters alike in their bid to bolster President Bashar Assad.
President Barack Obama has called Russia's dramatic intervention a "recipe for disaster," while British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday to "change direction" in Syria and recognize that Assad must be replaced.
Fabius warned of the risk that the Syrian conflict could turn into a wider religious war.
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Really? It's only going to get worse now...since the rooskies moved in?! It is sad that stupid people are in positions of power.
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