According to report, in
agreement the joint statement produced on Friday reveals that the US, UK,
Turkey and other coalition members said Russian strikes would "only fuel
more extremism".
Russia, which according to
witnesses launched fresh strikes on Friday, says it is targeting IS.
A senior Russian official
says strikes could last for three to four months.
Alexei Pushkov, the head of
the foreign affairs committee in Russia's parliament, added that the US had
only "pretended" to bomb IS and promised that Russia's campaign would
be much more effective.
The Russian Air Force began
air strikes in Syria on Wednesday.
The Syrian military says
that Russia carried out a total of 18 air strikes since Thursday evening. It
said that several of these were in Hama and Idlib, provinces with little
Islamic State presence.
The Russian Defence
Ministry said it had attacked the IS stronghold of Raqqa on Thursday. Activists
report that at least a dozen IS fighters had been killed there.
Members of the US-led
coalition against Islamic State have called on Russia to cease air strikes they
say are hitting the Syrian opposition and civilians.
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