This is news? The Russians were helping Assad take his country back from all anti-government forces including western and Saudi backed rebels. That was the point. It was the civil war that destabilised the country allowing ISIS to flourish in the chaos. Unifying the country one way or the other, is the only way of getting rid of ISIS.
This is news? The Russians were helping Assad take his country back from all anti-government forces including western and Saudi backed rebels. That was the point. It was the civil war that destabilised the country allowing ISIS to flourish in the chaos. Unifying the country one way or the other, is the only way of getting rid of ISIS.