Putin: Syria airstrikes aimed at helping al-Assad
- 9 years ago
Vladimir Putin just confirmed what many suspected - that Russian airstrikes in Syria are meant to bolster President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
"Our task is to stabilize the legitimate government and to create conditions for a political compromise ... by military means, of course," Putin told the state-run Russia 24 TV.
"The units of international terrorists and their ilk have no desire to negotiate with the Syrian government, who is almost sieged in its own capital."
Russia has said it's coordinating with al-Assad's regime to target ISIS and other terrorists.
Al-Assad has used the term "terrorists" to describe Syrians who seek his ouster.
"Our task is to stabilize the legitimate government and to create conditions for a political compromise ... by military means, of course," Putin told the state-run Russia 24 TV.
"The units of international terrorists and their ilk have no desire to negotiate with the Syrian government, who is almost sieged in its own capital."
Russia has said it's coordinating with al-Assad's regime to target ISIS and other terrorists.
Al-Assad has used the term "terrorists" to describe Syrians who seek his ouster.