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France tells Putin to confine air strikes to Islamic State


Hollande used a meeting on Ukraine to address Western concerns that Russia’s air strikes would serve to strengthen Syrian President Bashar Assad by targeting rebels — perhaps including some aligned with the U.S. — rather than hitting Islamic State fighters it has promised to attack.

Allies in a U.S.-led coalition that is conducting its own air campaign in Syria called on Russia to cease attacks on the Syrian opposition and to focus on fighting the Islamic State group.

Russia has always been involved in Syria.

Since the beginning, Russia has supported the regime of Bashar Assad and furnished him weapons, even if it …read more

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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