Putin accuses West of 'double game' with Syria terrorist groups

Moscow (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of playing a "double game" with terrorist groups in Syria, where a US-led coalition has conducted a bombing campaign with its allies.

"It is always difficult to play a double game: declaring a fight against terrorists and simultaneously trying to use some to place pieces on the Middle Eastern chess board to pursue their own interests," Putin said at a meeting of political scientists known as the Valdai Club .... http://news.yahoo.com