International reaction to Obama's plans re ISIS: Germany and Turkey will not support

bombing Syria. Russia warns against it. Britain undecided as to whether support a Syrian bombing campaign. Israel strongly supports it. Syria warns against it. Syrian opposition groups that the U.S. is partnering with say that deposing Assad must be one of the objectives.

An airstrike campaign in Syria won’t have Germany’s support, and Turkey said it will only cooperate in humanitarian missions in the fight against the Islamic State as U.S. allies weighed in Thursday on President Barack Obama’s plan to “degrade and destroy” the militant group. It's unclear what role Britain will play, while Israel has applauded the stragety against the militants also known as ISIS or ISIL.

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier questioned whether Obama’s plan of airstrikes and equipping moderate Syrian rebels was adequate. "We haven’t been asked, nor will we do it,” he said of the airstrikes. "We need to be honest with ourselves in the current situation, we don't yet have a final, blanket strategy which guarantees that we'll be successful against ISIS and similar groups."

Turkey, a crucial U.S. ally in the Middle East that borders Syria, said it won’t allow the U.S.-led coalition to launch strikes in Syria from its air bases. It also won't participate in any combat operations. "Turkey will not be involved in any armed operation but will entirely concentrate on humanitarian operations," an unnamed Turkish government official told Agence France-Press.

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Syria's main Western-backed opposition group welcomed Obama's decision, but while repeating its demand that Assad must go.

"The Syrian Coalition ... stands ready and willing to partner with the international community not only to defeat ISIS [Islamic State] but also rid the Syrian people of the tyranny of the Assad regime," said Hadi al-Bahra, head of the coalition.

Russia said unilateral US strikes in Syria would be a crude violation of international law.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/09/syria-islamic-state-201491114243147712.html

Ten Arab states have pledged to join the U.S. in its campaign to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, while some American allies in Europe are less eager to sign up to fight.

The agreement came out of talks between Secretary of State John Kerry and regional leaders in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In addition to Saudi Arabia, the coalition includes Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

Notably missing from this list is Turkey. Although the Obama administration has called the country "absolutely indispensable" in the campaign against ISIS, Turkey has so far been reluctant to join the fight outright. Turkish leaders are wary of the fate of Turkish diplomats and nationals being held hostage by the group, and concerned with the international effort to arm Kurdish fighters, some of whom have been agitating for independence from Turkey for decades. Turkey was present at the meeting of regional leaders in Jeddah.

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http://www.nationaljournal.com/defense/arab-states-sign-on-to-fight-isis-european-allies-not-so-sure-20140911