Russia has said coalition strikes lack legitimacy but aim of striking Assad is OK. Assad says in the short term , coalition strikes may help the Assad regime . More fundamentally , the coalition 's anti-ISIS campaign has deflected attention from the Syrian government and armed rebel group 's atrocities against civilians . But he says the coalition strategy fails to take the wider conflict into account . The conflict will continue to escalate and ISIS civilians will suffer , he says .
Russia has said coalition strikes lack legitimacy but aim of striking Assad is OK. Assad says in the short term , coalition strikes may help the Assad regime . But he says the coalition strategy fails to take the wider conflict into account . The conflict will continue to escalate and ISIS civilians will suffer , he says .