America supports Daash from the shadows

Within hours of US President Obama’s address to the nation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that hitting terror militants on Syrian soil without the express say so of Damascus would only sow confusion and very much represent an act of war.

Many analysts and military officials have already slammed Obama’s move as contrary to international law.

Russia blasted Obama for planned 'act of aggression' against ISIL as Iran and Syria warn he could trigger 'first sparks of fire' in the Middle East.
 
Russia became the third nation to criticize the Obama administration on Thursday, following President Barack Obama's announcement that he plans to expand a campaign of bombing against the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to include targets inside Syria.

Iranian and Syrian officials slammed the White House for excluding them from an international coalition formed to destroy the terror group. 

Later in the day, the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin – a key ally of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad – warned the US that it would be an 'act of aggression' and 'a gross violation of international law.'

The challenge came from Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich in Moscow. 

A state-run Syrian newspaper also warned that US airstrikes over Syrian territory could trigger the 'first sparks of fire' in the region. 

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for African and Middle Eastern Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian voiced his doubt about the US government’s intention to fight terrorism in the region.

In a meeting with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in South Africa, the visiting Iranian official cautioned against “the destructive consequences of the use of terrorism as a tool” and the spread of extremism in the world.

He also pointed to the latest developments in Iraq and Syria as well as the formation of a US-led coalition against the ISIL terrorist group, and said, “There are serious doubts over the US intentions to fight terrorism.”

ISI) is a militant group in Iraq and Syria believed to be supported by the West and some regional Arab countries. The terrorist group claims as an independent state the territory of Iraq and Syria, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, occupied Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey.