PARIS - France and Russia submitted two competing resolutions this week on the fight against ISIL to the United Nations' Security Council, in a sign of persistent differences over their Syrian strategy and notably the role of the country’s embattled president Bashar al-Assad.
Politico: France, Russia at odds over Assad role
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (C), meets with top military officials at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Nov. 17.
