Iraq likely to request Russian airstrikes on Islamic State
Baghdad, Russia’s ally in its fight against ISIS, wants Russia to have a bigger role in the anti-terrorist campaign in Iraq than the US and may soon officially request to start airstrikes on its soil, the chairman of Iraqi parliament’s defense committee said. “We might be forced to ask Russia to launch airstrikes in Iraq
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