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Putin's Syrian strategy a recipe for disaster: Obama

Referring to his meeting with Putin early this week, Obama told a press conference yesterday that he told Putin that it is true that the two countries and the entire world have a common interest in destroying the dreaded Islamic State militant group (ISIS).

Oct 03, 2015, 04:50 AM IST

France tells Putin to confine airstrikes to Islamic State

With Russian warplanes bombing Syria for a third day, French President Francois Holland has told President Vladimir Putin that Moscow's airstrikes must be confined to attacking Islamic State militants, not other rebels opposing the Damascus government.

Oct 03, 2015, 04:00 AM IST