Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing for a new international coalition to fight against IS that would include Syria’s president, Bashir al-Assad.
While Syria and Russia have remained allies during the recent conflict, the United States and the West have attributed much of the blame of the current crisis on Mr
Assad.
Embracing Assad as part of the solution rather than seeing him as the problem would be a significant policy shift for the West. However, it may be a necessary step in order to defeat IS and other terrorist groups operating in the region.
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