Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition
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The Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition (RSII coalition),[1] also referred to as 4+1 (in which the "plus one" refers to Hezbollah of Lebanon),[2] is a joint intelligence-sharing cooperation between opponents of the Islamic State (IS) with operation rooms in Syria's Damascus and Iraq's Green Zone in Baghdad.[3][4] It was formed as a consequence of an agreement reached at the end of September 2015 between Russia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic to "help and cooperate in collecting information about the terrorist Daesh group" (ISIL) with a view to combatting the advances of the group, according to the statement issued by the Iraqi Joint Operations Command.[5][6][7] The statement also cited "the increasing concern from Russia about thousands of Russian terrorists committing criminal acts within ISIS."[5]
Formation | September 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09) |
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Type | Military alliance |
Legal status | Active |
Purpose | Anti-IS |
Headquarters | Damascus, Baghdad |
Region | West Asia |
Membership |
In October 2015, it was suggested that the Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition may have been devised during the visit by Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Quds Force, to Moscow in July 2015.[8][9][10][11] During the early days of the operation, the Russian Air Force were backed by the Syrian Armed Forces, Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and allied militias.[12] The United States, along with its NATO and Arab allies, all of which have been hostile to the four countries and Hezbollah since the start of the Syrian civil war, have criticized this coalition.[according to whom?]