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Kerry: US Will Not Coordinate Air Strikes With Syria

Kerry: US Will Not Coordinate Air Strikes With Syria
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States will not coordinate air attacks on so-called "Daesh" [ISIL] militants with Syria, despite warnings by Damascus that any unauthorized strike on its soil is an act of aggression.

Kerry: US Will Not Coordinate Air Strikes With Syria
In an interview aired with CBS News on Sunday, Kerry said, "We're not going to coordinate it with Syria... it's not a cooperative effort."

"We will certainly want to deconflict to make certain that they're not about to do something that they might regret even more seriously, but we're not going to coordinate," he said.

"We will do that with allies," Kerry said in the interview, which was taped in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday.

He has been traveling throughout the Middle East recently over the past week working to build a coalition of nations to fight so-called "Daesh" [ISIL].

During a speech on Wednesday, US President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes against ISIL bases in Syria. The Pentagon has already conducted more than 150 airstrikes in neighboring Iraq.

Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar meanwhile has stated that US airstrikes in Syria without the permission of Damascus would be an "attack on his country."

He further reminded the United States that international law dictates that any action, whether military or otherwise, needs Damascus' approval.


Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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