White House press secretary Josh Earnest took questions about ISIS, Iraq, and Syria during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Aug. 25, 2014.
VOA News
August 25, 2014 3:04 PM
President Barack Obama has not yet made any decision to pursue military options in Syria against Islamic State extremists.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that while the U.S. is serious about confronting the Islamic State threat, military force is not the "only tool in toolbox."
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He added that the only sustainable solution will require the active involvement of an effective and inclusive Iraqi government.
Earnest said there currently is no evidence of an active plot underway by the Islamic State against the U.S. homeland.
Earlier Monday, Syria said it was willing to work with the international community, including the U.S. and Britain, to fight the advance of Islamic State militants inside Syria, but warned that any attacks should only be carried out in coordination with Damascus.
The U.S. is already carrying out extensive airstrikes with fighter jets and drones against Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq.
The attacks have helped Kurdish soldiers retake the key Mosul Dam that supplies electricity and irrigation to a large swath of Iraq. Late last week, after an American journalist was beheaded by the militants, Washington said it was considering expanding its operations to attack Islamic State positions inside neighboring Syria.
Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Monday Syria is ready to help enforce a United Nations Security Council resolution approved earlier this month aimed at cutting funding and the flow of foreign fighters to the Islamic State and al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate, the al-Nusra Front.
But there is no sign that Washington is easing its opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has maintained power during a bloody three-year fight against insurgents, including Islamic State militants, seeking to overthrow him.
Moallem said that any unilateral action by the United States inside Syria "would be an act of aggression." In that event, he warned that Syria's air defenses could attempt to shoot down U.S. warplanes.
The Islamic State group has taken over much of eastern Syria and northern and western Iraq as it seeks to impose an Islamic caliphate without regard to national borders.
The group's fighters have continued to advance, seizing territory from both armed opposition groups in Syria's northern Aleppo province and from the Syrian army in northern Raqqa province. On Sunday the Islamic State took control of Tabqa air base, the last Syrian military outpost in Raqqa.
Meanwhile, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay accused the Islamic State of carrying out "widespread ethnic and religious cleansing," targeting people based on their ethnic, religious or sectarian affiliation. She said such persecution amounts to crimes against humanity.
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