Syria's Assad: Middle East Would Collapse if Russian Airstrikes Fail

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that the whole Middle East would be destroyed if Russia's aerial bombardment of militants opposed to his regime does not succeed. "The alliance between Russia, Syria, Iraq and Iran must succeed or else the whole region will be destroyed," Assad told Iranian state television. But he added that "the chances of success for this coalition are great and not insignificant." Assad's comments came as Russia...

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