Assad claims coalition between Syria, Russia, Iran and Iraq must succeed or whole region will be destroyed

With Russia's recent involvement in the conflict in Syria in the form of airstrikes, and the Russian Parliament voting in favour of Russian military intervention. President Bashar al- Assad has stated in an interview on Iranian state television that as this coalition has experience in fighting what he dubbed "terrorism" that it would succeed as long as the countries in the coalition used their military, civil and intelligence services to fight terrorism. This suggests that Assad may be asking these nations, namely Russia for increased intervention in their fight against Islamic State and Syrian Rebels. Assad although added that if this coalition was not successful the whole region could be destroyed, however the President expressed confidence that this coalition would succeed in fighting "terrorism". Russian airstrikes have allegedly flown 20 missions and struck 10 Islamic State targets in the past 24 hours alone, however U.S intelligence suggests that this is in fact a cover for Russian military action against the Syrian rebels. Iranian troops are reportedly preparing to aid Russia with Syrian ground assault areas controlled by rebels receiving arms and funding from the United States and the United Kingdom. These airstrikes have reportedly killed civilians in these areas although President Putin has denied these claims. Prime Minister David Cameron has criticized Russian military intervention , arguing that this will only help to destabilize the region further.

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