Russian President Vladimir Putin told the United Nations General Assembly Monday that the armed forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are “valiantly fighting terrorism face to face” and that refusing to cooperate with them is “a huge mistake.”
He also called for the creation of a “broad international anti-terrorist coalition,” which he compared to the “anti-Hitler coalition” of World War II.
“We should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad’s armed forces and (Kurdish) militia are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria,” Putin said.
U.S. President Barack Obama, in his address to the Assembly earlier Monday, denounced …read more
Source: Voice of America
