Pentagon Intends Continued Aerial Operations in Syria De-Escalation Zones
NOVANEWS
By Stephen Lendman
Washington wants war and regime change in Syria rather than conflict resolution.
On Thursday, Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed on creating four de-escalation zones in the Syria, these nations serving as guarantors.
Sergey Lavrov said America
“proposed (the idea) at the beginning of this year, with a view to creating conditions to ensure safety of the civilian population, to stop violence in those regions where fierce fighting was underway between government and armed opposition forces.”
Not exactly following Thursday’s announcement. Washington isn’t part of the agreement. It supports halting all aerial operations in designated zones – except its own.
According to Pentagon spokesman Major JT Rankine-Galloway on Friday,
“the [so-called US-led] coalit...