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Russia ready to help Iraq fight Daesh: Lavrov
[Iran Press TV] Russia has expressed readiness to provide the Iraqi government with assistance in the country’s fight against the ISIS Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorist group. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the announcement on Monday, saying that Moscow would help Iraq’s anti-terror fight only "with Baghdad’s consent." "In broader terms, we should not forget that ISIS (ISIS) is operating not only in Syria, but also in Iraq," Lavrov said in a meeting with his Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... n counterpart Osman Saleh. "I do not rule out that, if the Iraqi authorities show interest, we will be able to provide additional support to them, at least in terms of intelligence data, but in other forms as well," he added. Iraqi army soldiers, supported by fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Units, commonly known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, are currently engaged in joint operations to purge key areas in the country of the Takfiri terrorist group. ISIS still maintains firm control over the western quarter of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , the terror group’s last urban stronghold in the country. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-31 |
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