marga or teague, a al jazeera, manila. >>> more on all the stories we are covering, of course, you can find on our website. aljazeera.com is the address. aljazeera.com. i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, stranger bed fellows. like it or not, america might need russia to defeat i.s.i.l. even with an oppressive regime. a man who knows all too well when you cross the kremlin. >>> world leaders have descended on new york to address the united nations general assembly. it is an annual event of pomp, for a body that too often fails if its main mission, secure the peace. on the syrian civil war, president obama clashed with his russian counterpart vladimir putin, who attended the opening of the u.n. general assembly for the first time in ten years. the russian president called it an enormous mistake to overthrow the government of bashar al-assad, and cooperation with the syrian regime to defeat i.s.i.l. which he called one of the biggest threats threatening the world. russian leadership accountable for the fighting in ukraine and the military buildup in syria and in a not so subtle twiep at