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Vladimir Putin has dismissed claims that Russian air strikes have killed civilians in Syria, as his government faces criticism from the West that it bombed moderate rebel factions fighting Syria’s president instead of Islamic State (IS) fighters.

With Russian Federation already bombing what it says are “terrorist” positions in Syria, Abadi told France 24 in an interview recorded Wednesday: ‘It is a possibility.

Russia’s defense ministry says its air force carried out around 20 missions targeting Islamic State militants in Syria on Wednesday and destroyed eight positions belonging to the extremists, including a command center.

Lavrov also slammed criticism of Russia’s military strikes in Syria, remarking that the British and French had said they targeted areas where “people were contemplating bad things on our territory … no proof, no nothing”.

Emphasising the importance of the visit, Netanyahu took along with him the chief of Israel’s armed forces and the general in charge of Israeli military intelligence.

“To be honest”, he told BuzzFeed News by Skype, “I’m afraid”. “To achieve this goal we need serious will and determination and joint global action based on cooperation with the governments of Iraq and Syria which shoulder the main burden of the...

The “armed forces of Syria” fight on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom the USA has said must step aside if the terror group ISIS (also known as the Islamic State) is to be defeated.

The US and Russian Federation agree on the need to fight the Islamic State but not about what to do with President Bashar Assad.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel-Rahman, confirmed the latest strikes, saying he believed they had been launched by Russian jets. Moscow is a long-standing ally of the Assad family, with Washington tired that Putin is using the cover of attacks on...

“Our presidents will be meeting tomorrow”, he told reporters, referring to talks between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Carter’s comments come after news Russian Federation launched airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday.

He insisted Russian Federation won’t send troops to Syria.

Iran has sent military advisers to Iraq and worked closely with Shiite militias battling the IS group.

The Russian minister of defense announced Wednesday that his country’s military jets have launched their first targeted airstrikes against the Islamic State.

The Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday that it had opened an investigation this month into Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for alleged crimes against humanity, launching a case that highlights the divisions between the world’s major military powers over...