Russia ready to assist Iraq in fight on Daesh

... the one we have from [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad." "As there are very many insinuations about Syria, I would like to stress we have a written request from Bashar Assad for a military and military-technical assistance in fighting IS (Daesh)," said the Russian official. "We stress we are acting on a legal base and in compliance with the international law." Antonov’s remarks came following major success of the Russian airstrike campaign against foreign-backed terrorist forces across Syria ...