- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

France Attacks ISIL Oil Assets in Syria After UN Resolution

© REUTERS / ECPAD-French Defence MinistryFrance Attacks ISIL Oil Assets in Syria After UN Resolution
France Attacks ISIL Oil Assets in Syria After UN Resolution - Sputnik International
Subscribe
France launched airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group’s petroleum infrastructure in Syria in accordance with a UN Security Council resolution on treating the financing of terrorism as a terrorist act, the French Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

PARIS (Sputnik) – Ilya Rogachev, the head of the Department for New Challenges and Threats (DNCT) at the Russian Foreign Ministry said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper published on Friday that Moscow did not support French airstrikes targeting oil facilities in Syria controlled by Islamic State militants as they are not approved by the legitimate Syrian government and cannot be justified by self-defense claims.

"I remind that, in the resolution 2170 on fighting the financing of terrorism… [the oil facilities] bring profits, used to finance recruitment and to strengthen the operating capacity of terrorists in order to prepare and carry out terrorist attacks," Romain Nadal told journalists.

Resolution 2170, adopted last August, notes with concern that the oil infrastructure brings profit to the extremist group, and condemns any trade with these organizations.

France Rapprochement with Russia - Sputnik International
France Leads Rapprochement with Russia in UN Vote on ISIL
In February, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a Russia-drafted resolution to stem the flow of money to the jihadist groups ISIL and the Nusra Front.

France is one of the countries launching airstrikes against the ISIL positions in Syria and Iraq with the US-led international coalition.

France has launched expanded airstrikes in Syria in recent days, after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the November 13 Paris attacks which killed 129 and injured over 350.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала