Russia not to be trusted in US-France alliance in fight against terror

The Kremlin puts the state before its people, which is why it is determined that Assad stays in power in Syria. The victims of IS terrorism are only secondary, says Hannah Thoburn

François Hollande with Barack Obama

AS FRENCH President François Hollande, visits both Washington and Moscow to solicit aid in fighting Islamic State (IS), which has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, his options seem few.

Where the European allies are seemingly incapable of, or unwilling to, confront the issues, Russia, which has a military presence in Syria, has said that it is willing to shift its bombing focus from the Syrian opposition to areas controlled by IS.