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By Staff Writers, FARS News Agency
FARS
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014

The final goal behind the UN Security Council resolution against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is the materialization of the western states' dreams for direct military interference in Syria, Arab media outlets said.

The Syrian news website 'Syria News Station' in an analysis described the UNSC Resolution 2170 against the ISIL as a pretext for the West's military intervention in Syria, and wrote, "The resolution was issued under chapter 7 of the UN Charter which allows use of force and military power in a country with the UN permission."

"The UNSC can also decide about the number of forces and the level of their preparedness and their equipment within the framework of a deal inked and agreed with the UN and the UNSC can consider extraordinary military measures if needed," it added.

The analysis advised its readers not to be fooled by the western countries' humanitarian slogans and issuance of such resolutions, saying, "They have attempted for over three years to topple President Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria but failed, and have now resorted to new methods to implement their plots in the country."

Expressing its “gravest concern” that parts of Iraq and Syria are now under the control of the ISIL and the Al-Nusra Front, the UNSC earlier this week placed six individuals affiliated with the terrorist groups on its Al-Qaida sanctions list and threatened measures against those who finance, recruit or supply weapons to them.

As the militants, particularly ISIL, have over the past two months, carried out deadly attacks in Iraq and Syria, the Council unanimously adopted a United Kingdom-led resolution noting grave concern at “the negative impact of their violent extremist ideology and actions on the stability of the region, the devastating humanitarian impact on the civilian populations and the role of these groups in fomenting sectarian tensions.”

Ongoing turmoil in northern Iraq has led the UN to designate its highest level emergency – “Level 3” – for the resultant humanitarian crisis, citing the scale and complexity of the situation, which is impacting tens of thousands of people that have been forcefully displaced by the armed group, the ISIL.

In its resolution, the Security Council deplored and condemned in the strongest terms “the terrorist acts of ISIL and its violent extremist ideology, and its continued gross, systematic and widespread abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law.”

The Council, observing that ISIL is “a splinter group” of Al-Qaida, recalled that ISIL and Al-Nusra Front are included on the Al-Qaida sanctions list and, as such, expressed readiness to consider listing individuals, groups, undertakings and entities providing support to ISIL or to Al-Nusra Front, “including those who are financing, arming, planning or recruiting for (those groups) and all (Al-Qaida associates) through information and communications technologies including the internet and social media or through any other means.”

Demanding that ISIL, Al-Nusra Front and all other individuals and groups associated with Al-Qaida cease all violence and terrorist acts and disband, the Council called on all UN Members States to take national measures to “suppress the flow of foreign terrorist fighters,” bring them to justice and engage with those at risk of being recruited to discourage travel to Syria and Iraq.

It also reaffirmed that States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply sale or transfer to ISIL and Al-Nusra and associated individuals and groups, of arms and related materials. The Council also notes with concern that oilfields and related infrastructure controlled by ISIL and Al-Nusra are generating income which support their recruitment efforts and strengthen their operational capability to organize and carry out terrorist attacks.

Recalling that the asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo requirements in paragraph 1 of its resolution 2161 (2014) apply to ISIL, Al-Nusra Front, and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al-Qaida, the Council directed the team tasked with monitoring violations of those sanctions to report “within 90 days on the threat, including to the region, posed by (ISIL and Al-Nusra), their sources of arms, funding, recruitment and demographics, and recommendations for additional action to address the threat.”

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