Syria: US-led strikes failed to weaken ISIS — RT News.
The Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has not been weakened since US-led airstrikes began in September, Syria’s foreign minister said, adding that nothing will change until Turkey increases security at its borders.
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“All the indications say that [the Islamic State] today, after two months of coalition air strikes, is not weaker,” Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV on Friday.
US-led airstrikes in Syria against the IS began as part of a larger effort to battle the jihadist group after it had seized vast amounts of territory in Iraq and Syria. Despite carrying out airstrikes in Syria, Washington has refused to work with the country’s government, stating that it wants to see Bashar Assad ousted. Turkey shares the latter stance with the US.
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