Iraq may request Russian air strikes on Islamic State soon -official
Iraq may request Russian air strikes against Islamic State on its soil soon and wants Moscow to have a bigger role than the United States in the war against the militant group, the head of parliament's defense and security committee said on Wednesday. “We might be forced to ask Russia to launch air strikes in Iraq soon. I think the upcoming few days or weeks Iraq will be forced to ask Russia to launch air strikes and that depends on their success in Syria," Hakim al-Zamili told Reuters. Iraq's government and powerful Iranian-backed Shi'ite ...
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