Despite their diametrically opposed stances on Assad, France and Russia agreed to coordinate their military and security services to fight IS after the attacks in Paris and the downing of the Russian airliner.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Wednesday the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would be operational in the eastern Mediterranean “by the end of the week”.
And US President Barack Obama praised Russia as a “constructive partner” in international talks in Vienna aimed at reaching a solution to Syria’s bloody conflict, which has cost 250,000 lives over more than four years.
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