Russia could join anti-IS coalition if conditions met: report

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow could "theoretically" join the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq if its conditions are met, Interfax news agency quoted Ilya Rogachev, a director at the Russian foreign ministry, as saying on Friday. Moscow wants its long-time ally Damascus to be included in the international efforts to combat IS and says any international military operation in Syria should have a United Nations mandate. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly, Writing by Gabriela Baczynska)