US Airstrikes in Syria to Protect Rebels, Pound Govt. Troops

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Alwaght- The US president has apparently ordered the country’s Air Force to protect Syrian rebels trained by Washington to ‘fight’ against ISIS terrorist group by bombing any force attacking them, including Syrian regular troops.
Thus the US may become involved in the Syrian civil war on the rebel side.
The change was first reported by US officials speaking on condition of anonymity with the Wall Street Journal Sunday. The first airstrikes to protect American trainees in Syria have already taken place on Friday, July 31, when the US Air Force bombed unidentified militants who attacked the compound of the US-trained rebels.
President Barack Obama’s decision reportedly involves inflicting airstrikes against any force that attacks the Syrian rebel armed force being trained by American instructors and armed on money from the US budget, with the officially-proclaimed aim of dealing with the advances of ISIS.
Neither the Pentagon nor the White House officially commented on the decision about the new broader rules of engagement. So far the US has been avoiding direct confrontation with the forces of President Bashar Assad.
The US warplanes may end up bombing government troops under the command of a legitimate president, Assad, an act of aggression against a sovereign country that only the UN Security Council could authorize.
Russia says that US airstrikes against Syrian troops would further destabilize the situation.
Moscow has “repeatedly underlined that help to the Syrian opposition, moreover financial and technical assistance, leads to further destabilization of the situation in the country,” Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Russia Today TV as saying, adding that ISIS terrorists may take advantage of this situation. There are now multiple groups taking part in the Syrian civil war, as Assad’s troops are fighting not only the rebels, but also other terrorists groups, such as Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing, the so-called Al-Nusra Front, and ISIS. The terrorist groups, in turn, are fighting not only Assad’s troops, but each other too.
September will mark one year that the US-led coalition has been bombing positions of the ISIS terrorists group in Iraq and Syria. Although already in November 2014 there were reports that the anti-ISIS campaign could be nothing else but a move to allow the US military to oust the legitimate Syrian President Assad through less direct means.

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