The Syrian Coalition’s delegation, headed by Hadi al Bahra, met with the US special envoy to Syria Daniel Rubenstein and officials of the US State Department in New York yesterday. The meetings discussed the situation in Syria, especially the US-led international campaign against ISIS and Khorasan, a terrorist organization that is regarded the biggest threat to the United States and Europe, and also the Assad regime’s ongoing war on the Syrian people. The American officials strongly denied the Assad regime’s claims that the United States is coordinating with it with regard to the anti-ISIS campaign or that the United States asked for the Assad regime’s approval to carry out the strikes against ISIS positions in Syria. On the contrary, the United States Obama had publicly warned the Assad regime in advance not to interfere with any U.S. operations against ISIS, saying the Pentagon would respond forcefully. The meeting also discussed the Obama administration’s plan to arm and train the Free Syrian Army, and the situation in the town of Ayn al-Arab (Kobanî) northeast of Aleppo. During a meeting with representatives of the Friends of Syria group, Bahra called on the representatives of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, and Qatar to step up humanitarian aid to the Syrian people and to take tangible steps to stop Assad’s crimes against the Syrian people. “terrorist, after he threw light on the events in Syria and Kobanî on in particular. Moreover, the Syrian Coalition’s delegation held meetings with Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and with French President Francois Hollande and his Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The French president expressed France’s willingness to train and equip the Free Syrian Army. Bahra is going to deliver a speech in New York this evening to explain the position of the Syrian Coalition towards the US-led international coalition’s military strikes against ISIS in Syria and to reiterate the Syrian Coalition’s calls for giving support for the FSA that has been battling both ISIS and the Assad regime. Bahra will also call upon the international; coalition to neutralize the civilians areas and will express regret at the death of civilians during the anti-ISIS campaign. (Source: Syrian Coalition)
