Russia Fight The Islamic State

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suggesting the U.S. accept Russia's annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants.

President Vladimir Putin insisted today that Russian forces in Syria are providing air support to some of the opposition groups fighting ISIS, as global powers prepare for a new round of peace talks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the West's insistence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step aside before it works more closely with Russia in the fight against Islamic State is a "huge mistake".

Francois Hollande wants to unite major powers in a single "grand coalition" to fight the militants behind the Paris attacks but Vladimir Putin's air force has mostly hit Western-backed rebels combating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Russia and the United States on Sunday to cooperate in rooting out terrorism and said he would unveil a comprehensive plan to fight extremism and violence early next year.

US President Barack Obama on Sunday said the United States and its allies would not relent in its fight to combat Islamic State extremists and would hunt down their leaders and cut off the group's financing.

Russia is ready to work with the Western coalition fighting the Islamic State group if its members respect Syria's sovereignty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said today that Russia was sincere in wanting to cooperate in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.

Russia submitted a revised draft UN resolution on Wednesday on fighting the Islamic State group that France said could be partially included in its own Security Council measure following the Paris attacks.

US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that, following the attacks on Paris, he wanted Moscow to shift its focus from propping up Syria's government to fighting Islamic State and would discuss this with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

French President Francois Hollande will meet US counterpart Barack Obama in Washington on November 24 and then Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow two days later to discuss the fight against the Islamic State group after the Paris attacks, his office said.

It's hypocritical for Putin to bomb Kafranbel in the name of "fighting extremism." Kafranbel residents have gone to great lengths to empower women; monitors note the decline of women's rights in Russia since Putin took power.

The United States said on Wednesday that Russia's air war in Syria had "dangerously exacerbated" the conflict, accusing Moscow of seeking to bolster President Bashar al-Assad's regime instead of targeting jihadists.

A Russian military court on Monday jailed a man for 17 years for allegedly fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria.

Russia's air force in Syria is ready to support the Free Syrian Army, the main Western-backed opposition group battling Bashar al-Assad, in its fight against Islamic State, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suggesting the U.S. accept Russia's annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants.

President Vladimir Putin insisted today that Russian forces in Syria are providing air support to some of the opposition groups fighting ISIS, as global powers prepare for a new round of peace talks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the West's insistence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step aside before it works more closely with Russia in the fight against Islamic State is a "huge mistake".

Francois Hollande wants to unite major powers in a single "grand coalition" to fight the militants behind the Paris attacks but Vladimir Putin's air force has mostly hit Western-backed rebels combating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Russia and the United States on Sunday to cooperate in rooting out terrorism and said he would unveil a comprehensive plan to fight extremism and violence early next year.

US President Barack Obama on Sunday said the United States and its allies would not relent in its fight to combat Islamic State extremists and would hunt down their leaders and cut off the group's financing.

Russia is ready to work with the Western coalition fighting the Islamic State group if its members respect Syria's sovereignty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said today that Russia was sincere in wanting to cooperate in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.

Russia submitted a revised draft UN resolution on Wednesday on fighting the Islamic State group that France said could be partially included in its own Security Council measure following the Paris attacks.

US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that, following the attacks on Paris, he wanted Moscow to shift its focus from propping up Syria's government to fighting Islamic State and would discuss this with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

French President Francois Hollande will meet US counterpart Barack Obama in Washington on November 24 and then Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow two days later to discuss the fight against the Islamic State group after the Paris attacks, his office said.

It's hypocritical for Putin to bomb Kafranbel in the name of "fighting extremism." Kafranbel residents have gone to great lengths to empower women; monitors note the decline of women's rights in Russia since Putin took power.

The United States said on Wednesday that Russia's air war in Syria had "dangerously exacerbated" the conflict, accusing Moscow of seeking to bolster President Bashar al-Assad's regime instead of targeting jihadists.

A Russian military court on Monday jailed a man for 17 years for allegedly fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria.

Russia's air force in Syria is ready to support the Free Syrian Army, the main Western-backed opposition group battling Bashar al-Assad, in its fight against Islamic State, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today.