Secretary-General of the Ministry of Iraqi Peshmerga, Jabbar Yawer, told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that their forces had not participated in anyway in Russian
Moscow, a staunch ally of Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
, says the jets hit Daesh positions. U.S. and other allies expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
about reports that strikes were targeting non-Daesh opponents of Assad.
A U.S.-led coalition has been striking Daesh positions in Syria since September, building upon an aerial campaign already hitting the terrorist group in Iraq.
"Kurdistan region is not part of the coalition that includes Russia, Syria, Iraq and Iran, which is said to be fighting against terrorist group Daesh," Yawer said.
He said that Russia and Iran were allies "from the very beginning," whose forces supported Syria in every way. But, he added, that Iraq has not yet taken any step as part of the coalition.
Yawer further asserted that Baghdad was the center of the coalition.
Earlier on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow was not planning to expand air raids to Iraq.