Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that the whole Middle East would be destroyed if Russia’s aerial bombardment of militants opposed to his regime does not succeed.
“The alliance between Russia, Syria, Iraq and Iran must succeed or else the whole region will be destroyed,” Assad told Iranian state television.
But he added that “the chances of success for this coalition are great and not insignificant.”
Assad’s comments came as Russia intensified its airstrikes against the insurgents. Moscow announced that it carried out 20 missions targeting 10 Islamic State training camps, arms depots and command posts in the last 24 hours in Idlib …read more
Source: Voice of America
