Russian President, Vladimir Putin, discussed with his Security Council on Monday, potential cooperation with other countries as it relates to fighting against Islamic State.
Russia, whose ties with Washington are at their lowest since the end of the Cold War, has not yet responded to calls from the United States to build an international coalition to destroy the radical Sunni Muslim group, which has seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.
Islamic State could potentially threaten Moscow, as it includes in its ranks a number of Muslims from Russia’s North Caucasus region, who have been waging their own insurgency in the mountainous region following two wars between Moscow and separatists in Chechnya in 1994-1996 and 1999-2000.
U.S. and French warplanes have struck Islamic State targets in Iraq and on Sunday the United States said other countries had indicated a willingness to join, if it goes ahead with air strikes against the group in Syria too.
Extracted and modified from Yahoo News.
