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October 04, 2015
by RFE/RL

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the success of a military campaign by Russia, Syria, and its allies against the Islamic State militant group was crucial to save the Middle East from destruction.

“The alliance between Russia, Syria, Iraq, and Iran must succeed or else the whole region will be destroyed,’ Assad warned in an interview with Iranian television broadcast on October 4.

During the interview with Iran’s Khabar TV, Assad said that the U.S.-led coalition to fight IS will only lead to more instability in his country and the region.

Assad’s comments are the first since Russia launched an aerial campaign against rebel positions in Syria on September 30.

In Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria a ‘grave mistake.’

‘The steps Russia is taking and the bombing campaign in Syria are quite unacceptable to Turkey,’ Erdogan said.

The strikes will ‘isolate Russia in the region,’ he predicted.

Russia says its warplanes have flown 20 sorties in Syria over the past 24 hours, striking 10 IS targets.

The Defense Ministry said on October 4 that the strikes hit a terrorist training camp, including a suicide belt factory.            source