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Russia backs both sides in Syria to fight IS: Putin

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Russia's president Vladimir Putin says Moscow is supporting the opposition Free Syrian Army in joint operations with regular Syrian forces against Islamist militants, even as it backs Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the FSA's enemy. Mana Rabiee reports.

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