Desperate world leaders cozy up to Putin to help fight terrorism

[davidn3600]

Desperate world leaders today lined up to try to woo Russian President Vladimir Putin to back global efforts to defeat ISIS.

For more than a year relations with Moscow have been in the deep freeze over Russian incursions in Ukraine.

But now Mr Putin is seen as holding the key to resolving the bloody civil war in Syria which has given rise to ISIS fanatics.

It has led to the spectacle of US President Barack Obama, British PM David Cameron and Saudia Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud posing for photos with the Russian President.

The Kremlin has been accused of using a campaign of airstrikes to target opponents of Syrian president Bashar Assad and not ISIS strongholds.

But world leaders now accept there is little hope of degrading and destroying ISIS without the co-operation of Russia.

Mr Cameron today offered 'compromises' to Russia on the future of Syrian dictator Assad in return for help targetting ISIS.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320174/Russia-offered-compromises-future-Syrian-dictator-Assad-return-joining-fight-against-ISIS.html

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Putin's intervention in Syria has been a real game changer.

It made it clear that the Western/Turkish/Qatari/Saudi effort to overthrow Assad has failed.

Now, we have to figure out how to end the killing. That means negotiations with Assad.

[polly7]

2. +1000. nt.