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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
I hope this leads Russia to join in the battle against ISIS. Russia is always trying to oppose all the other western nations, but now that their own people have been slain, this hopefully prompts cooperation on the part of the Russian government.
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What are you talking about?
Russia is supporting and arming Syrias official armed forces under president Assad and helps them to fight ISIS from the start.
Note that Syria was in a civil war before ISIS spread through it in which rebels tried to overthrow Assads regime, and this civil war weakened the country and ISIS used it. So now there are three sides in Syria - Assads official armed forces (supported by Russia), rebels (supported by US) and ISIS, and they all fight each other.