Iraq invites Russian military aid to fight ISIS

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Thursday that he would welcome a deployment of Russian troops to Iraq to fight ISIS forces. In an American television interview, he added that such an intervention would not only help his country but also give Moscow the chance to deal with the approximately 2,500 Chechen Muslims who he said are fighting with ISIS in Iraq.  

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