g2- Moscow telah dikerahkan terbaru S-400 sistem peluru berpandu pertahanan udara kepada Khmeimim di Syria sebagai sebahagian daripada rangsangan keselamatan berikutan menembak jatuh jet Rusia oleh Turki awal minggu ini.
"Selaras dengan keputusan Pemerintah Tertinggi Angkatan Tentera Rusia, hari ini (kelmarin) sistem peluru berpandu pertahanan udara S-400 telah segera dihantar, digunakan dan sudah memulakan tugas pertempuran untuk memberikan perlindungan kepada kawasan sekitar Khmeimim pangkalan udara Rusia di Syria, "kata Ketua-Major Igor Konashenkov, berkata Kementerian Pertahanan jurucakap Rusia.
Russia deploys cutting-edge S-400 air defense system to Syrian base after Su-24 downing . . .
Moscow has deployed its newest S-400 air defense missile system to Khmeimim in Syria as part of a security boost following the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey earlier this week.
“In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces, today (on Monday) an S-400 air defense missile system has been promptly delivered, deployed and already began combat duty to provide cover for the area around the Russian Khmeimim air base in Syria,” General-Major Igor Konashenkov, Russia’s Ministry of Defense spokesman, said.
Mengulas mengenai keputusan itu, Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin berkata, sebelum ini ada keperluan untuk langkah-langkah tersebut, kerana "tidak ada orang yang membayangkan pesawat Rusia dapat berada dalam bahaya. Rusia akan telah membawa S-400-an ke Syria lama dahulu untuk melindungi pesawat perangmereka, jika ia dilayan kemungkinan Backstab khianat."
Putin menegaskan, bagaimanapun, bahawa S-400 sistem tidak mensasarkan rakan kongsi Rusia, "dengan siapa kita memerangi pengganas di Syria bersama-sama."
Tetapi yang menembak jatuh pengebom Su-24 Rusia oleh Turki mendorong Rusia untuk "memastikan keselamatan pesawat kami semasa operasi mereka terhadap IS [dan] terhadap pengganas LIH dan kumpulan pengganas lain melalui cara yang lebih dipercayai," kata jurucakap Kementerian Pertahanan Konahsenkov dalam taklimat media.
S-400 adalah sistem pertahanan anti-pesawat yang paling maju di Rusia, dan tiada tandingan dalam DUNIA.
Ia direka untuk memastikan pertahanan udara menggunakan panjang dan sederhana peluru berpandu yang boleh mengenai sasaran udara, termasuk pesawat taktikal dan strategik serta peluru berpandu balistik dan pelayaran, pada jarak sehingga 400 kilometer.
Sistem ini terdiri daripada satu set radar, pelancar peluru berpandu dan markas perintah, dan dikendalikan sepenuhnya oleh tentera Rusia.
Sebelum itu pada hari Selasa, Su-24 Rusia telah ditembak jatuh oleh jet pejuang F-16 Turki berhampiran sempadan Turki-Syria.
Seorang juruterbang Rusia telah dibunuh oleh pemberontak Syria manakala dalam payung terjun, dengan yang lain diselamatkan dan dihantar ke pangkalan udaraKhmeimim.
Walaupun tuntutan dari Ankara, Moscow menegaskan bahawa jet yang terhempas di Syria, tidak melanggar ruang udara Turki.
BACA lagi: kapal penjelajah peluru berpanduRusia ke pantaiLatakia, bersedia untuk memusnahkan sasaran udara berbahaya - Menteri Pertahanan
Tidak lama selepas kejadian itu, Kementerian Pertahanan mengumumkan 3 langkah-langkah yang telah diambil berikutan serangan ke atas pengebom Su-24 Rusia, termasuk peruntukan perlindungan udara oleh jet pejuang untuk setiap serangan udara, yang meningkatkan pertahanan udara dengan menggerakkan kapal perang peluru berpandu pd pantai Latakia, dan menggantung semua persahabatan tentera-ke-tentera dengan Turki.
Commenting on the decision, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said there was previously no need for such measures, because "no-one imagined the Russian aircraft could be in danger. Russia would've brought S-400s to Syria a long time ago to protect its warplanes, if it entertained the possibility of a traitorous backstab."
Putin reiterated, however, that the S-400 systems are not targeting Russia's partners, "with whom we fight terrorists in Syria together."
But the downing of the Russian Su-24 bomber by Turkey prompted Russia to “ensure the safety of our aircraft during their operations against IS [and] against terrorists LIH and other terrorist groups via more reliable means,” Defense Ministry spokesman Konahsenkov said in a media briefing.
The S-400 is the most advanced anti-aircraft defense system in Russia, and is unparalleled in the world.
It’s designed to ensure air defense using long- and medium-range missiles that can hit aerial targets, including tactical and strategic aircraft as well as ballistic and cruise missiles, at ranges of up to 400 kilometers.
The system consists of a set of radars, missile launchers and command posts, and is operated solely by the Russian military.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Su-24 was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet near the Turkish-Syrian border.
One Russian pilot was killed by Syrian rebels while parachuting, with the other one was rescued and delivered to Khmeimim airbase.
Despite claims from Ankara, Moscow maintains that its jet, which crashed in Syria, didn’t violate Turkey's airspace.
Shortly after the incident, the MoD announced three steps which were to be taken following the attack on the Russian Su-24 bomber, including the provision of aerial cover by fighter jets for every airstrike, the boosting of air defense by deploying guided missile cruisers off the Latakia coast, and suspending all military-to-military contacts with Turkey.
Putin: Turkey deliberately leading relations with Russia 'into a gridlock' (Putin: Turki sengaja membawa hubungan dengan Rusia 'ke dalam kesesakan')http://on.rt.com/6xop4:07 AM - 27 Nov 2015
Pangkalan udara Khmeimim di Latakia, Syria, menempatkan Tentera Udara skuadron Rusia Su-27SM dan Su-30 jet pejuang, Su-34 dan Su-24 pengebom taktikal, yang semuanya mengambil bahagian dalam serangan udara di Negara Islam (IS) dan kumpulan pengganas lain di negara ini .
Pangkalan udara ini dilindungi oleh ‘state-of-the-art’ sistem pertahanan udara dan radar. Khmeimim juga mempunyai unit beroperasi sepenuhnya untuk mengekalkan ‘fixed’-dan pesawat pemutar sayap dan memberikan bantuan logistik kepada juruterbang.
Khmeimim airbase in Latakia, Syria, accommodates Russian Air Force squadrons of Su-27SM and Su-30 fighter jets, Su-34 and Su-24 tactical bombers, which are all taking part in airstrikes on Islamic State and other terror groups in the country.
The airbase is protected by state-of-the-art air defense systems and radars. Khmeimim also has a fully operational unit for maintaining fixed- and rotor-wing aircraft and providing logistical assistance to pilots.
g2- Turki akan membuka api kepada pesawat asing melanggarterma ruang udara Turki di masa akan datang, Presiden Recep Tayyip Erdogan memberi amaran di tengah-tengah krisis diplomatik yang disebabkan oleh menembak jatuh sebuah kapal terbang perang Rusia oleh Tentera Udara Turki.
"Jika lain melanggar sempadan udara kita berlaku, kita boleh bertindak balas dengan cara yang sama," katanya. "Pesawat itu ditembak jatuh dalam kaedah-kaedah penglibatan diumumkan sebelum ini."
Pada hari Selasa, jet pejuang F-16 Turki melepaskan tembakan dan dijatuhkan sebuah kapal terbang perang Rusia menjalankan misi pertempuran di Syria. Ankara mengekalkan Federation Su-24 pengebom menyeberangi sempadan dan kekal di ruang udara Turki selama 17 saat.
Rusia menafikan sebarang pelanggaran. Ia juga menolak dakwaan Turki bahawa tentera berulang kali memberi amaran juruterbang jet Rusia sebelum menyerang ia.
Erdogan: We’ll continue shooting down violating planes
Turkey will open fire on foreign planes violating Turkish airspace in the future, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned amid a diplomatic crisis caused by the downing of a Russian warplane by the Turkish Air Force.
“If another violation of our aerial border happens, we can respond in the same way,” he said. “The plane was shot down within the rules of engagement announced earlier.”
On Tuesday, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet fired at and downed a Russian warplane conducting a combat mission in Syria. Ankara maintains the Russian Su-24 bomber crossed the border and remained in Turkish airspace for 17 seconds.
Russia denies any violations. It also rejects Turkey’s claims that its military repeatedly warned the pilots of the Russian jet before attacking it.
Downing of Russian Su-24 'looks very much like a preplanned provocation' - Lavrov (Menembak jatuh Su-24 Rusia'kelihatan sangat seperti provokasi terancang' - Lavrov) http://on.rt.com/6xjg1:08 PM - 26 Nov 2015
Perdana Menteri Ahmet Davutoglu memberitahu rakan-rakan ahli Parti AK bahawa dia sendiri telah membenarkan peraturan dilangsungkan.
"Kita telah menyebut bahawa kami akan mengambil semua langkah pencegahan yang diperlukan diperlukan jika perkembangan ini menyebabkan melanggar ruang udara Turki," kata Davutoglu. "Pesanan untuk angkatan tentera saya telah diberikan oleh saya semasa mesyuarat."
Beliau menambah bahawa dasar Turki terhadap ‘interloping’ pesawat asing "telah dijelaskan di peringkat tertinggi. Kami telah memberikan semua amaran perlu. Kami memberitahu Rusia pesawat tentera mungkin diserang."
Kejadian itu telah menyebabkan kesan yang teruk hubungan Rusia-Turki dalam beberapa dekad. Moscow menuduh kerajaan Turki mengadakan provokasi yang dirancang.
Memburukkan lagi perselisihan adalah kematian dua tentera Rusia dalam kejadian itu. Juruterbang jet dijatuhkan ditembak mati oleh pejuang kumpulan militan Turki disokong kerana payung terjun beliau ke tanah. Dan marin terbunuh apabila helikopter Rusia dihantar untuk menyelamatkan anak-anak kapal datang di bawah api dari tanah. Helikopter itu rosak dan terpaksa ke tanah, selepas itu pesawat yang ditinggalkan telah dimusnahkan oleh peluru berpandu anti-kereta kebal.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told fellow members of his AK Party that he had personally authorized the rules of engagement.
“We have mentioned that we would take all the necessary precautions needed if these developments result in violation of Turkish airspace,” Davutoğlu said. “The orders to my armed forces were given by me during a meeting.”
He added that Turkey’s policy towards interloping foreign aircraft “had been explained at the highest level. We gave all necessary warnings. We told the Russians that military aircraft may be attacked.”
The incident has caused the worst deterioration of Russian-Turkish relations in decades. Moscow accused the Turkish government of staging a premeditated provocation.
Aggravating the rift is the death of two Russian troops in the incident. The pilot of the downed jet was gunned down by fighters of a Turkey-supported militant group as he was parachuting to the ground. And a marine was killed when a Russian helicopter sent to rescue the crew came under fire from the ground. The helicopter was damaged and forced to land, after which the abandoned aircraft was destroyed by an anti-tank missile.
Davutoglu Rusia letupkan operasi anti-pengganas di utara Syria, berkata serangan udara Rusia mensasarkan orang awam bukan pengganas.
"Tidak ada pengganas di sana. Serangan udara di Bayırbucak tidak boleh dibenarkan oleh memerangi IS. Kita tidak boleh menutup mata kepada fakta bahawa orang awam yang menjadi sasaran serangan di bawah nama menentang IS. Serangan ini mesti dihentikan, "katanya merujuk kepada kumpulan pengganas Negara Islam (IS), yang mendakwa Ankara untuk menentang sebagai sebahagian daripada pakatan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat.
Rusia menegaskan terdapat kehadiran pejuang jihad asing di rantau ini serta unsur-unsur infrastruktur pengganas. Moscow percaya Ankara melindungi pasukan pengganas di Syria dengan matlamat untuk meneruskan menyeludup minyak di seberang sempadan.
"Tindakan Turki adalah perlindungan de facto Negara Islam (IS)," kata Perdana Menteri Rusia Dmitry Medvedev pada hari Rabu. "Ini tidak menghairankan, memandangkan maklumat yang kita miliki tentang kepentingan kewangan langsung beberapa pegawai Turki yang berhubungan dengan pembekalan produk minyak ditapis oleh tumbuh-tumbuhan dikawal oleh ISIS."
PM Turki berkata Ankara mahu mengekalkan hubungan dengan Rusia walaupun kejadian itu.
Davutoğlu blasted Russian anti-terrorist operations in northern Syria, saying Russian airstrikes target civilians not terrorists.
“There are no terrorists there. Airstrikes in Bayırbucak cannot be justified by the fight against IS. We cannot turn a blind eye on the fact that civilians come under attack under the guise of fighting against IS. These attacks must be stopped,” he said referring to the terrorist group Islamic State, which Ankara claims to be fighting against as part of a US-led coalition.
Russia insists there is a presence of foreign jihadist fighters in the region as well as elements of terrorist infrastructure. Moscow believes Ankara is shielding terrorist forces in Syria with the goal of continuing to smuggle oil across the border.
“Turkey’s actions are de facto protection of Islamic State,” Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday. “This is no surprise, considering the information we have about the direct financial interest of some Turkish officials relating to the supply of oil products refined by plants controlled by ISIS.”
The Turkish PM said Ankara wants to maintain ties with Russia despite the incident.
g2- Moscow menuduh Turki membantu Negara Islam (IS) dalam perdagangan minyak haram yang membantu membiayai kumpulan pengganas. Menurut penganalisis, serangan udara Rusia di Syria mengganggu tawaran yang menguntungkan orang tengah Turki, termasuk pegawai Ankara.
Media sosial Turki telah mencatatkan gambar (photos) anak Presiden Turki, Recep Erdogan Necmettin Bilal makan malam di sebuah restoran Istambul dengan pemimpin ISIS dikatakan itu, yang ia mendakwa telah mengambil bahagian dalam pembunuhan beramai-ramai di Homs dan Rojava Syria, nama Kurdish untuk Kurdistan Syria atau Western Kurdistan.
Terdapat spekulasi Bilal Erdogan terlibat secara langsung dalam perniagaan minyak pasaran gelap dengan Negara Islam (IS).
Ankara's oil business with ISIS . . .
Moscow has accused Turkey of helping Islamic State in the illegal oil trade which helps finance the terrorist group. According to analysts, Russian airstrikes in Syria are disrupting the profitable deals for Turkish middlemen, including Ankara officials.
Turkish social media has posted photos of Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s son Necmettin Bilal having dinner in an Istambul restaurant with an alleged ISIS leader, who it is claimed participated in massacres in Syria’s Homs and Rojava, the Kurdish name for Syrian Kurdistan or Western Kurdistan.
There is speculation Bilal Erdogan is directly involved in the black market oil business with Islamic State.
Recep Tayip Erdogan's son "BILAL ERDOGAN" with his ISIS brothers (Anak Recep Tayyip Erdogan "BILAL Erdogan" dengan saudara2 ISIS beliau)#StopTurkeySuppportOfISIS
"IS mempunyai wang yang besar, beratus-ratus berjuta-juta atau berbilion-bilion dolar, menjual minyak. Di samping itu mereka dilindungi oleh tentera sebuah negara keseluruhan. Satu boleh memahami mengapa mereka bertindak begitu berani dan terang-terangan. Mengapa mereka membunuh orang dengan cara yang kejam itu. Mengapa mereka melakukan perbuatan pengganas di seluruh DUNIA, termasuk di tengah-tengah Eropah, "kata Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin pada Selasa, selepas F16 Turki menjatuhkan jet Su-24 Rusia berhampiran sempadan Turki-Syria.
“IS has big money, hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, from selling oil. In addition they are protected by the military of an entire nation. One can understand why they are acting so boldly and blatantly. Why they kill people in such atrocious ways. Why they commit terrorist acts across the world, including in the heart of Europe,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, after a Turkish F16 downed a Russian Su-24 jet near the Turkish-Syrian border.
BREAKING: Downing of Russian jet over Syria stab in the back by terrorist accomplices- Putin (BREAKING: menembak jatuh jet Rusia ke atas Syria tikaman dari belakang oleh rakan pejenayah pengganas - Putin) http://on.rt.com/6xfi 9:01 PM - 24 Nov 2015
Oktober lalu, Amerika Syarikat Setiausaha Bahagian Keganasan dan Perisikan Kewangan David Cohen berkata Negara Islam (IS) yang berpendapatan $ 1 juta sehari dari jualan minyak. "Menurut maklumat, kerana bulan lalu, ISIL [sekarang lebih dikenali sebagai ISIS] adalah menjual minyak pada harga diskaun besar kepada pelbagai tengah, termasuk dari Turki, yang kemudian diangkut minyak untuk dijual semula. Ia juga didapati bahawa dari minyak yang berasal dari wilayah di mana ISIL beroperasi telah dijual kepada Kurd di Iraq, dan kemudian dijual semula ke dalam Turki, "katanya.
Menurut Perdana Menteri Rusia Dmitry Medvedev, orang tengah di Turki bukan usahawan sahaja, tetapi pegawai-pegawai Ankara. Turki melindungi Negara Islam (IS) kerana "kepentingan kewangan langsung beberapa pegawai Turki yang berhubungan dengan pembekalan produk minyak ditapis oleh tumbuh-tumbuhan dikawal oleh ISIS."
Last October, the US Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen said Islamic State was earning $1 million a day from oil sales. “According to our information, as of last month, ISIL [now more commonly known as ISIS] was selling oil at substantially discounted prices to a variety of middlemen, including some from Turkey, who then transported the oil to be resold. It also appears that some of the oil emanating from territory where ISIL operates has been sold to Kurds in Iraq, and then resold into Turkey,” he said.
According to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the middlemen in Turkey are not only entrepreneurs, but are Ankara officials. Turkey is protecting Islamic State because of “direct financial interest of some Turkish officials relating to the supply of oil products refined by plants controlled by ISIS.”
Downed in 17 seconds: Where Turkey’s story of Su-24 violating airspace just does not add up (menjatuhkan dalam 17 saat: Di mana cerita Turki Su-24 ruang udara melanggar hanya tidak menambah) http://on.rt.com/6xih
Penganalisis politik Rusia Igor Yushkov daripada Kumpulan Wang Keselamatan Tenaga Kebangsaan berkata, operasi anti-keganasan Moscow di Syria menjadikan perniagaan itu lebih sukar.
"Pada masa kini ruangan trak perlu bersurai dan muatan mereka telah berkembang lebih kecil. Sebelum pembeli operasi akan melawat telaga minyak sendiri, kini mereka terpaksa menganjurkan satu kelompok baru, "katanya (told) kepada Gazeta.ru. Tambahnya, perahan minyak akan berkurangan kerana ISIS tidak mempunyai pakar yang berkelayakan.
Seseorang anggota majlis pakar Kesatuan Industri Minyak Rusia Eldar Kasayev berkata Negara Islam (IS) menjual minyak pada $ 15-25 setong, yang jauh lebih murah daripada penanda aras Brent, diniagakan pada $ 45-50.
"Dengan menjual semula, Ankara mempunyai peluang untuk mendapatkan pendapatan tambahan dan terus mengebom Kurdi, berkata radikal pengeboman," kata beliau.
Russian political analyst Igor Yushkov from the National Energy Security Fund said Moscow’s anti-terror operation in Syria makes such business much more difficult.
“Nowadays the truck columns have to disperse and their payload has grown smaller. Before the operation buyers would visit the oilfields themselves, now they have had to organize a new cluster,” hetoldGazeta.ru. He added that oil extraction will decrease because ISIS lacks qualified specialists.
A member of the expert council of the Russian Oil Industry Union Eldar Kasayev said Islamic State is selling oil at $15–25 per barrel, which is much cheaper than the Brent benchmark, trading at $45-50.
"By reselling it, Ankara has the opportunity to earn extra income and continue to bomb the Kurds, saying its bombing radicals,” he said.
g2- Rusia tidak adalah dialu-alukan untuk menyertai gabungan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat di Syria, kerana Perancis telah dicadangkan, sehingga ia berubah "Fokus" dan berhenti "menopang" Presiden Assad, Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat berkata. Namun, Washington terus menegaskan matlamat mereka tidak mengalahkan Assad.
"Jika negara-negara lain tidak dalam gabungan itu [gabungan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat] mahu menyertai dan menjadi sebahagian daripada itu dan menumpukan kepada usaha memerangi ISIL [Negara Islam/IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL] itulah perbualan kami pasti sanggup untuk mempunyai, "kata jurucakap Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat John Kirby.
Russia ‘must change strategy’ in Syria if it wants to join US-led ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition - State Dept . . .
Russia is not welcome to join the US-led coalition in Syria, as France has proposed, until it changes its “focus” and stops “propping up” President Assad, the US State Department said. Yet, Washington continues to insist their goal isn’t defeating Assad.
“If other nations not in the coalition [the US-led coalition] want to join it and become part of it and focus on the fight against ISIL [Islamic State/IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] that’s a conversation we’re certainly willing to have,” US State Department spokesperson John Kirby said.
Rayuan untuk mengembangkan gabungan itu diketuai Amerika memerangi Negara Islam (IS) datang dari Presiden Perancis Francois Hollande 3 hari selepas serangan maut di Paris minggu lalu. Yang menyatakan bahawa "Perancis adalah berperang," Hollande menyeru pembentukan sebuah "gabungan besar," yang dapat menyatukan tenaga dengan Rusia "untuk mencapai hasil yang telah mengambil masa yang lama."
Gabungan besar akan menjadi tumpuan perbincangan berasingan Presiden Hollande akan mempunyai dengan rakan sejawatannya Amerika dan Rusia pada hari-hari akan datang. Pemimpin Perancis dijangka mengadakan rundingan di Washington pada 24 November dan di Moscow pada 26 November.
Walau bagaimanapun, Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat berkata bahawa penglibatan Rusia dalam gabungan itu akan bergantung kepada "komitmen" Moscow.
"Tetapi dalam usaha untuk ke tempat kerja, setiap ahli gabungan itu perlu mempunyai fokus yang sama pada mengalahkan ISIL, dan setakat ini kita, bercakap mengenai Rusia, tidak pernah melihat komitmen yang sama," kata Kirby, merujuk kepada sokongan Rusia untuk Syria Presiden Bashar Assad. "Ia selaras dengan matlamat gabungan itu, iaitu untuk mengalahkan ISIL, jika anda juga menopang rejim Assad."
An appeal to expand the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State came from French President Francois Hollande three days after deadly attacks in Paris a week ago. Stating that “France is at war,” Hollande called for the creation of a “large coalition,” which could unite forces with Russia“to achieve a result that has taken too long.”
The grand coalition is going to be the focus of separate talks President Hollande will have with his American and Russian counterparts in coming days. The French leader is expected to hold talks in Washington on November 24 and in Moscow on November 26.
However, the US State Department says that Russia’s involvement in the coalition would depend on Moscow’s “commitment.”
“But in order for that to work, every member of the coalition has to have the same focus on defeating ISIL, and thus far we, talking about Russia, haven’t seen that same commitment,” Kirby said, referring to Russia’s support for the Syrian President Bashar Assad. “It’s inconsistent with the goals of the coalition, which is to defeat ISIL, if you’re also propping up the Assad regime.”
Washington telah mengulangi bahawa tidak akan ada perbincangan sehingga Moscow mengubah strateginya: "Jika Rusia adalah serius tentang perkara ini, kira-kira akan selepas ISIL, dan menukar kalkulus aktiviti ketenteraan ia menjalankan dalam Syria, maka ia adalah besar dan kami akan bersedia untuk mempunyai perbincangan dengan mereka tentang bagaimana mereka mungkin boleh menyumbang kepada operasi campuran."
Kenyataan itu telah mendorong Said Arikat, Washington Ketua Biro Al-Quds, untuk meminta Kirby untuk menjelaskan apa keutamaan gabungan itu sebenarnya adalah, kerana "isu Assad terus datang sepanjang masa."
"Jadi apa matlamat teras? Untuk menewaskan Assad atau ISIS? Pada skala 9:59 - adalah lebih besar daripada yang lain "Arikat bertanya Kirby.
Walaupun, seperti yang didakwa oleh Jabatan Negara, matlamat utama gabungan yang mengalahkan Negara Islam (IS) dan membendung keganasan, Presiden Assad masih merupakan masalah yang serius untuk Washington.
"Tidak ada dalam mandat BN untuk menghapuskan Assad dari kuasa," Kirby menjawab, sambil menambah bahawa mengeluarkan kerajaan Syria semasa akan menjadi "saling menyokong" dalam pukulan ADALAH dan "menjaga mereka keluar."
"Tetapi dari segi ketenteraan, khususnya ketenteraan, matlamat gabungan itu untuk menentang ISIL adalah mengenai menangani ISIL," kata jurucakap Jabatan Negara.
'Kami tidak mahu membuat lagi kesilapan'
Sebahagian daripada taklimat media Jumaat itu tertumpu kepada usaha misi diketuai Amerika Syarikat di dalam dan di sekitar Syria.
"Kami bermula gabungan itu tahun lepas, dan tidak memberi tumpuan kepada pejuang asing dan isu-isu lain pada mulanya," Khas Wakil Presiden untuk Gabungan Global ke Kaunter ISIL, Brett McGurk, berkata. Amerika Syarikat kini akan memberi tumpuan kepada memberi tekanan pada "kawasan tengah ISIL" dan hubungannya dengan Raqqa dan Mosul.
Washington has reiterated that there would be no discussions until Moscow changes its strategy:“If Russia is serious about this, about going after ISIL, and changing the calculus of military activities it’s conducting inside Syria, then it’s great and we will be willing to have a discussion with them about how they might be able to contribute to the coalition operations.”
The statement has prompted Said Arikat, Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Quds, to ask Kirby to clarify what the coalition’s priority actually was, because “the issue of Assad keeps coming up all the time.”
“So what’s the core goal? To beat Assad or ISIS? On a scale of one to ten – is one larger than the other?” Arikat asked Kirby.
Despite, as is claimed by the State Department, the main goal of coalition being defeating Islamic State and curbing terrorism, President Assad remains a serious concern for Washington.
“There is nothing in the coalition’s mandate to remove Assad from power,” Kirby responded, adding that removing the current Syrian government would be “mutually supportive” in beating IS and “keeping them out.”
“But militarily, specifically militarily, the goal of the coalition to counter ISIL is about countering ISIL,” the State Department spokesman said.
‘We want to make no mistake’
Part of Friday’s press briefing was dedicated to the US-led mission’s efforts in and around Syria.
“We started the coalition last year, and didn’t focus on foreign fighters and other issues initially,” Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Brett McGurk, said. The US is now going to focus on putting pressure on the “heartland of ISIL” and its links with Raqqa and Mosul.
US intentionally spare ISIS in Syria, want terrorists to weaken Assad – Russian FM (Amerika Syarikat sengaja ganti ISIS di Syria, mahu pengganas untuk melemahkan Assad - Rusia FM) http://on.rt.com/6wtu
"Itu tidak mungkin kira-kira setahun yang lalu, walaupun 6 bulan yang lalu, tetapi ia adalah mungkin sekarang," McGurk, sambil menambah bahawa kini terdapat peluang "untuk merangsang keseluruhan gabungan itu." "Kami mahu membuat kesilapan," McGurk berkata.
Menggariskan langkah-langkah seterusnya gabungan itu akan mengambil dalam pertempuran IS, wakil presiden secara khusus menekankan 2: "menyesakkan" IS di Iraq dan Syria dan " sesak nafas mati rangkaian global."
"Itu sahaja yang saya akan berkata tentang itu sekarang, tetapi hakikat bahawa minggu lepas kami pergi selepas Jihadi John, Junaid Hussein mendapat disembelih serangan udara - itu sahaja akan diteruskan. Seperti yang kita memberi tekanan ISIL, mereka membuat kesilapan, melakukan perkara-perkara bodoh. Jadi kita akan ‘dial up’ tekanan dalam beberapa minggu akan datang, "kata McGurk.
Walaupun mendakwa kemajuan yang ketara, Amerika Syarikat telah dikritik, kebanyakan dinyanyikan oleh pegawai-pegawai Rusia, kerana gagal untuk membendung pertumbuhan IS walaupun tahun serangan udara, dan juga untuk "membiarkan" unit pengganas. Untuk hal ini, gabungan itu diketuai Amerika Syarikat menahan dirinya daripada pengeboman minyak perdagangan 'talian hayat' Negara Islam sehingga minggu ini.
"Terdapat hampir 8,000 penerbangan tentera. Hampir suku daripada masa kembali jet tanpa yang menarik, diambil bahawa mereka mendapati tiada sasaran untuk menyerang. Sementara itu, ISIL terus menerima minyak . . . beribu-ribu trak tangki memandu di seluruh rantau ini, "ketua Jabatan Kementerian Rusia Luar untuk Cabaran Baru dan Ancaman, Ilya Rogachev, memberitahu akhbar Kommersant.
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Pegawai itu percaya ia hanya campur tangan Moscow yang menjadikan Amerika Syarikat akhirnya mensasarkan kenderaan kapal tangki minyak pengganas.
"Ia adalah mustahil untuk tiada notis, bahawa walaupun ini [Amerika Syarikat berpindah bom IS lori tangki] telah dipaksa oleh tindakan-tindakan yang tegas dan berkesan Tentera Udara Rusia. Mengambil [serangan Russian] kira, kita tidak boleh membantu tetapi tertanya-tanya: telah pakatan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat benar-benar menetapkan tugas ketenteraan mengalahkan ISIL"?
Sebagai perbandingan, Rusia memmusnahkan 500 lori tank IS sejak beberapa hari lalu, mengganggu aliran petrodollars haram untuk kumpulan pengganas, yang, menurut Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin, menjual minyak kepada 40 negeri. Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia telah mengeluarkan video sebagai bukti sebahagian daripada serangan ini.
Pesawat perang Rusia mengganggu ISIS saluran jualan minyak; memusnahkan 500 trak minyak pengganas di Syria.
Dalam perkembangan terbaru, kapal perang dari Rusia Armada Caspian melancarkan 18 peluru berpandu di tujuh IS sasaran di wilayah Syria Raqqa, Idlib dan Aleppo pada hari Jumaat. Menurut Menteri Pertahanan Rusia Sergey Shoigu, lebih 600 pengganas turut terbunuh dalam serangan udara yang melibatkan peluru berpandu di Deir Ex-Zor Wilayah Syria.
“That was not possible about a year ago, even six months ago, but it is possible now,” McGurk said, adding that there is now an opportunity “to galvanize the entire coalition.” “We want to make no mistake,” McGurk said.
Outlining further steps the coalition will take in fighting IS, the presidential envoy specifically stressed two: “Suffocating” IS in Iraq and Syria and “suffocate the global networks.”
“That’s all I’ll say about that now, but the fact that last week we went after Jihadi John, Junaid Hussein getting slaughtered in an airstrike – that’s all going to continue. As we pressure ISIL, they make mistakes, do stupid things. So we’ll dial up the pressure in the coming weeks,” McGurk said.
Despite claiming significant progress, the US has been criticized, most vocally by Russian officials, for failing to stem the growth of IS despite a year of airstrikes, and even for “sparing”the terrorists’ units. Crucially, the US-led coalition refrained from bombing the oil trade ‘lifeline’ of Islamic State until this week.
“There were almost 8,000 military flights. Almost quarter of the time the jets came back without striking, taken to mean that they found no targets to attack. Meanwhile, ISIL continued to receive oil … thousands of tanker trucks drove all across the region,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for New Challenges and Threats, Ilya Rogachev, told the Kommersant newspaper.
The official believes it was only Moscow’s intervention that made the US finally target the terrorists’ oil tanker vehicles.
“It’s impossible not to notice, that even this [US move to bomb IS tankers] was compelled by the decisive and effective actions of the Russian Air Force. Taking [the Russian strikes] into account, one can’t help but wonder: has the US-led coalition actually set a task of militarily defeating ISIL?”
By comparison, Russia destroyed some 500 IS tankers over the past few days, disrupting the flow of illegal petrodollars to the terrorist group, which, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is selling oil to some 40 states. The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video as proof of some of these strikes.
In the latest development, warships from the Russian Caspian Fleet launched 18 cruise missiles at seven IS targets in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa, Idlib, and Aleppo on Friday. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, over 600 terrorists were also killed in airstrikes involving cruise missiles in Syria’s Deir Ex-Zor Province.
