Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated that a no-fly zone in Syria will serve to only strengthen foreign-sponsored terrorists in Syria.
"A no-fly zone (in Syria) will benefit terrorists, who have everything expect for military aircraft," Al-Masdar News quoted Rouhani as saying during a presser after his speech at the 71st United Nations General Assembly session in New York on Thursday,.
"They have mortar shells, tanks, missiles and armored personnel carriers. They have cannons and artillery batteries but no warplanes.
The creation of a no-fly zone is not the right step. This is an ill-advised suggestion," the Iranian president added.
This view was echoed by Alastair Crooke, who is also the founder and director of the Conflicts Forum, an organization that advocates for engagement between political Islam and the West. "It makes very little sense.
Unless you want to shift the balance in favor of the jihadist forces on the ground, which may be partly the purpose of that,' he said in an interview with RT.
Crooke further explained that the ‘no-fly zone’ is really "very much one-sided" move because the US is not capable of controlling the jihadists in Syria.
[sputniknews.com]
23/9/16
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"A no-fly zone (in Syria) will benefit terrorists, who have everything expect for military aircraft," Al-Masdar News quoted Rouhani as saying during a presser after his speech at the 71st United Nations General Assembly session in New York on Thursday,.
"They have mortar shells, tanks, missiles and armored personnel carriers. They have cannons and artillery batteries but no warplanes.
The creation of a no-fly zone is not the right step. This is an ill-advised suggestion," the Iranian president added.
This view was echoed by Alastair Crooke, who is also the founder and director of the Conflicts Forum, an organization that advocates for engagement between political Islam and the West. "It makes very little sense.
Unless you want to shift the balance in favor of the jihadist forces on the ground, which may be partly the purpose of that,' he said in an interview with RT.
Crooke further explained that the ‘no-fly zone’ is really "very much one-sided" move because the US is not capable of controlling the jihadists in Syria.
[sputniknews.com]
23/9/16
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