Putin seeks map of forces not to bomb in Syria

 Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has asked France to draw up a map of where groups fighting Islamic State militants operate in Syria in order not to bomb them. France’s Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, disclosed this on Friday. ‘’Putin agreed with French President, Francois Hollande, on Thursday at the Kremlin to target Islamic State and similar […]

 Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has asked France to draw up a map of where groups fighting Islamic State militants operate in Syria in order not to bomb them.

France’s Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, disclosed this on Friday.

‘’Putin agreed with French President, Francois Hollande, on Thursday at the Kremlin to target Islamic State and similar jihadi groups in Syria’’

"He asked us to draw up a map of forces that are not terrorists and are fighting Daesh (Islamic State).

‘’He committed to not bombing them once we’ve provided that," Fabius said after accompanying Hollande to Moscow.

While speaking on France’s counter terrorism plans, Fabius said that Special Forces could be sent to Syria, but that such decision would not be made public.

It would be recalled that the West had accused Moscow of targeting mostly-Western backed rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (Reuters/NAN)