Russia could joint anti-Islamic State coalition if conditions met: Report

Moscow: Moscow could "theoretically" join the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq if its conditions are met, Interfax news agency quoted Ilya Rogachev, a director at the Russian Foreign Ministry, as saying on Friday. 

Moscow wants its long-time ally Damascus to be included in the international efforts to combat IS and says any international military operation in Syria should have a United Nations mandate.