Iran: US needs to stop flow of ISIL funds instead of air strikes
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Tue 30 Sep 2014 - 09:20
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for African and Arab countries Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on the US to block flow of funds for the terrorist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) instead of launching air strikes on Syria.
'The illegal and manic attacks of the US on Syria will bring nothing but more extremism in the region,' he said.
He further added that if the US claims that it is acting honestly it has to prevent flow of ISIL funds in international financial and banking system instead of targeting oil and gas centers as well as Syrian infrastructures.
The official continued that changing Syrian ruling system in Syria by boosting terrorism and launching theatrical attacks on ISIL simultaneously is a dream which cannot come true.
US-led airstrikes against ISIL continue to target Syrian infrastructure across the country and have led to more civilian deaths.
Since September 22, the US and its allies, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan, have been conducting airstrikes against the ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.
The airstrikes are an extension of the US-led aerial campaign against ISIL positions in Iraq.
While most European governments have refrained from joining the US-led air campaign in Syria, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Britain are contributing to the US campaign.
Washington has been supporting the militants operating against the government in Syria since March 2011. Many ISIL terrorists have reportedly received training by the CIA in Jordan and Turkey. Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been also staunch supporters of militants fighting the Syrian government.
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