AngryCanadian
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US ready to work with Russia to fight Syria's Islamic extremists
The US is seeking closer cooperation with Russia in the fight against Islamic State and al-Qaida’s Syrian branch in the hope that Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, will stop attacking the mainstream rebels who are fighting to overthrow him.
US officials said the plan under discussion would also require western and Arab-backed opposition forces to distance themselves from Jabhat al-Nusra, linked to al-Qaida, to avoid being hit in airstrikes