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Russia Considers Joining IS Air Strikes
Russia is considering whether to follow the US and its allies in conducting air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets, President Vladimir Putin says.
Mr Putin spoke after meeting Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
But the meeting, and the leaders’ speeches at the UNGA, also highlighted splits about how to end the Syrian war.
Russia said it would be an “enormous mistake” not to work with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to tackle IS.
On Monday, the US and France again insisted that President Assad must go. But in response, Mr Putin said: “They aren’t citizens of Syria and so should not be involved in choosing the leadership of another country.”
Russia would conduct air strikes only if they were approved by the United Nations, he said, while also ruling out Russian troops taking part in a ground operation in Syria.
BBC
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NAWA
September 29, 2015 at 6:08 pm
I believe in President Putin’s stance on Syria, not the Obama’s way of doing things especially when it comes to wars and regime changes in other sovereign states.
king solomon
September 29, 2015 at 6:40 pm
I would be happy to see Russian technology at work,latest Mig jets,missiles,drones etc coz its always been USA in action historicaly.Putin start those airstrikes immidiatly.we are tired of Is.
Big Nose
September 29, 2015 at 8:24 pm
why was Putin not told by Mr Moon to repeat his speech at UN