[Al Ahram] The Syrian government said Friday any Turkish military intervention on its soil would be considered an act of aggression, and urged the UN Security Council to prevent any such action by Ankara. A day after Turkey's parliament authorised military action against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(IS) group in Syria and Iraq, the foreign ministry said the "declared policy of the Turkish government represents a real aggression against a member state of the United Nations."
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It is a "flagrant violation of the United Nations charter, which stipulates respect for the national illusory sovereignty of states and non-interference in their domestic affairs," the statement added.
"The international community and, in particular, the Security Council, should act to put an end to the adventures of the Turkish leadership, which represents a threat to world security and peace."
IS fighters are pressing to capture the Kurdish town of Kobane, on Syria's border with Turkey, and at least 186,000 people from there and surrounding villages have already fled across the frontier.
While Thursday's measure did not spell out what action Turkey will take against the IS organization, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said after the vote "we will do whatever we can so that Kobane does not fall."