Sentences with phrase «moderate rebels»

I don't think that's an accurate description of the Russian position concerning moderate rebels.
That might be true in some abstract sense, but it misses the reality that ISIS and the Assad regime are fighting relatively moderate rebel groups rather than each other.
Sergei Lavrov said the US had broken its promise to separate the powerful Jabhat Fateh al - Sham (formerly known as al - Nusra Front) and other extremist groups from more moderate rebels.
Jihadist groups, including ISIS, are fighting for control in some areas of the country, and moderate rebels who oppose Assad are fighting jihadists and the regime.
Kerry's willingness to walk away from the partnership is unlikely to sway Russia's determination to wipe out any and all opposition to Syrian President Bashar Assad in the country's most important battleground — especially since Washington has no known plans of intervening in the conflict directly or significantly ramping up its support for moderate rebels.
@mustaccio The first pullout was to increase the odd of success of a negotiation were the USA were asked to provide a list of moderate rebels.
And the United States has been none too fastidious in the way it distinguishes between the bad terrorists it targets in its so called Global War on Terror and the «relatively moderate rebels» it arms and supports to help its various geostrategic regime - change projects.
Downing Street was insisting that the prime minister, who persuaded Clegg to drop the programme motion to give him a chance to win over Tory colleagues, genuinely believes he can persuade some of the more moderate rebels.
It's pointless to try to differentiate a moderate rebel from a radical one, and time has proven several time they were right.
The Russian position is that regime change by even the most moderate rebels imaginable is dangerous because those moderate rebels are likely to be replaced by radical terrorist groups later.
So, from the Russian point of view it would have been rather pointless to defeat ISIS and let the moderate rebels defeat the Assad regime, as that would only have led to ISIS 2.0 down the line.
It also includes allegedly bombing civilian areas of territories held not by the Islamic State but by those moderate rebels, driving tens of thousands of people toward Turkey and the European Union, both of which Putin vehemently dislikes.
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