Egypt says Russia's intervention in Syria will counter terrorism

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: Reuters

Russia's intervention in Syria will curtail the spread of terrorism and help deal a fatal blow to Islamic State in the war-torn country, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday.

Russia launched air strikes in Syria on Wednesday in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades, marking a dramatic escalation in a more than four-year-old civil war in which every major country in the region has a stake.

"Russia's entrance, given its potential and capabilities, is something we see is going to have an effect on limiting terrorism in Syria and eradicating it," Shoukry said in a televised interview on Saturday.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-says-russias-intervention-syria-counter-terrorism-222034415.html

[Purveyor]

1. Well it will certainly put a damper on the great 'western crusade' to spead 'democracy' while

destroying as many ME countries as possible.

About time and I hope China also chips in. Enough is enough.

[forest444]

2. I hope so - since ours sure as hell isn't.

More geared toward fostering a new boogeyman (ISIS) if you ask me. A new one's needed to justify military budgets of $600-700 billion, and the fickle public has become jaded to Al Qaida.

Orwell's up there somewhere, smiling wryly.

[stevenleser]

3. By all means, let them have it, with our compliments.

They will cause an expanding conflict, end up committing atrocities, and fail to stop ISIS or help the Syrian civil war come to a positive conclusion, just as any foreign power would do, the US included.

But I would rather all that happen to the Russians, rather than us.

[bemildred]

4. +1. nt

[rpannier]

5. Why doesn't a statement from someone in the Al-Sisi government

make me feel any better?