Reuters, 07/10 14:49 CET
By Ahmed Rasheed and Saif Hameed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq may
request Russian air strikes against Islamic State on its soil soon and
wants Moscow to have a bigger role than the United States in the war
against the militant group, the head of parliament’s defence and
security committee said on Wednesday.
“In the upcoming few days or weeks, I think Iraq will be
forced to ask Russia to launch air strikes, and that depends on their
success in Syria,” Hakim al-Zamili, a leading Shi’ite politician, told
Reuters in an interview.
The comments were the clearest signal yet that Baghdad
intends to lean on Russia in the war on Islamic State after U.S.-led
coalition airstrikes produced limited results.
Russian military action in Iraq would deepen U.S. fears
that it is losing more strategic ground in the region as Russia weighs
in behind President Bashar al-Assad with airstrikes in Syria and Iran
holds deep sway in Iraq.
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Source: Euronews
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