President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Syria's embattled leader Bashar Assad must be ready for compromise with the opposition as Russia launched its first air strikes in the war-torn country.
"We are counting on his active and flexible position, his readiness for compromise for the sake of his country and his people," Putin said at a televised government meeting.
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