US led coalition issue joint statment against Russian action in Syria

The statment follows, "We, the Governments of France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America state the following in view of the recent military actions of the Russian Federation in Syria:"

"We express our deep concern with regard to the Russian military build-up in Syria and especially ‎the attacks by the Russian Air Force on Hama, Homs and Idlib which led to civilian casualties and did not target Da’esh. ‎

These military actions constitute a further escalation and will only fuel more extremism and radicalization."