Morning Star.png Syria: Putin Calls for Broad Front Against Terror James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 4 December 2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a broad front against terrorism yesterday as British jets bombed Isis-controlled oilfields in Syria. "We must leave all arguments and disagreements behind and make one powerful fist, a single anti-terror front, which would work on the basis of international law under the aegis of the United Nations," Mr Putin said in his annual state-of-the-nation address. "That means no shelter to bandits, no double standards, no contacts whatsoever with any terrorist organisations, no attempts to use them for some selfish goals, no criminal, bloody business with terrorists." Mr Putin repeated his condemnation of Turkey's oil dealings with Isis and its shooting-down of a Russian jet last week. "Apparently Allah decided to punish the ruling clique in Turkey by taking their sanity," he jibed. The Russian leader also blamed the rise of al-Qaida, Isis and their offshoots on imperialist intervention. "Some countries in the Middle East and North Africa which used to be stable and relatively prosperous - Iraq, Libya, Syria - have turned into zones of chaos and anarchy that pose a threat to entire world," he said. On Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) could be used to seal Turkey's border with both Syria and Iraq. Mr Lavrov was speaking with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Belgrade on the eve of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) summit. Yesterday Mr Lavrov met privately with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the fringes of the summit, the first high-level contact between the two countries since last week's incident. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said yesterday that talks with Turkey on a new gas pipeline had been halted. And Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed that Isis had beheaded his compatriot Magomed Khasayev, an alleged Russian spy, and called for revenge. Meanwhile air strikes and rocket artillery fire reportedly hit Turkish mercenary forces in the north of coastal Latakia province yesterday. On Wednesday US intelligence sources claimed Russian personnel had been seen at Shaayrat airbase in Homs province, raising speculation that Moscow is preparing to expand its air operations. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-0197-Syria-Putin-calls-for-broad-front- against-terror#.VmEZlLh9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
