Number of ISIL Militants Rising Amid Coalition Airstrikes, Assad Says Prison Planet.com Posted on March 30, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with World News Sputnik | Syrian President Bashar Assad said that the airstrikes conducted by the US-led international coalition against ISIL extremists in Iraq and Syria are ineffective. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email