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Syrian Ambassador to Russia Calls Anti-IS Coalition Airstrikes 'Dubious'

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Syrian Ambassador to Russia underscored the effectiveness of military action by Syrian government forces against the Islamic State near besieged Kobani.

MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) – The international coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria and Iraq is acting inefficiently, despite being technically superior, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad told reporters Thursday during a press conference at news agency Rossiya Segodnya.

"How can American satellites spot the smallest things on the surface, and not see the routes of the Islamic State fighters' movements? How do American weapons end up in the hands of the Islamic State?" the ambassador said, adding that the skills of the US-led coalition's military are "dubious."

On the contrary, Haddad underscored the effectiveness of military action by Syrian government forces against the extremists near the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani, under siege by the IS since mid-September.

"Syrian aviation is carrying out raids in the area and cause damage to the IS. And they do much more damage than the [US-led] coalition's military," he stated.

Haddad concluded that the Syrian Army accomplishes its missions successfully and does not yield to negative Western media coverage of its advances.

In June, the IS jihadist group proclaimed an Islamic caliphate on the swathes of land it conquered across Iraq and Syria. Washington responded by launching airstrikes against the insurgents on Iraqi soil in August and extended them to neighboring Syria the following month.

US President Barack Obama has also outlined a broad anti-terror coalition, many members of which, including the United Kingdom, France and Arab allies of the United States, are taking an active part in the airstrikes.

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