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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
SYRIA accused the United States of hypocrisy today, warning that the US’s attempt to take credit for the defeat of the Islamic State contradicted the reality of its policy on the ground.
Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a joint statement with the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/Isis claiming success against the jihadists, insisting we “stand with the Syrian people.”
But the Syrian Foreign Ministry said those that led the defeat of Isis were “the Syrian Arab Army, the Russian forces, the Iraqi army and the fighters against terrorism in the region, not that coalition whose attacks targeted innocent civilians and urban facilities in both Syria and Iraq.”
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