In a series of statements Tuesday, 40 rebel groups, including some of Syria’s most prominent, as well as political opposition umbrella groups, said Moscow’s proposed talks are an attempt to “circumvent” the United Nations-led process.
In a speech to the troops, Vladimir Putin said that he had ordered the military to withdraw a “significant part” of the Russian contingent in Syria.
According to the Russian Federation Council's Defence and Security Committee, the fight against the ISIS in Syria will possibly be over by the end of the year and Russia may be able to withdraw its air force.
The Kremlin said Tuesday that Assad was called to Russia to get him to agree to potential peace initiatives drafted by Russia, Iran and Turkey.
Putin hosted Assad in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday ahead of a summit between Russia, Turkey and Iran and a new round of Syria peace talks in Geneva.
At the heart of the dispute is Russia's demand for major changes in the way the JIM operates, and the US’ insistence that the current mandate be extended.
At least 53 people were killed in airstrikes on a market at Atareb, a town in the Aleppo countryside in north Syria.
The question now is whether the United States is willing to confront the troops of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian-backed militiamen.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi also said Egypt’s ongoing arms buildup was designed in part to equip the country to deal with terrorism and redress the “strategic imbalance” in the region created by conflict.
On April 4, more than 80 people were killed in a suspected chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun in Syria's Idlib province, a rebel-held area in north-western Syria.
Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the accord at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, CNN reported.
The Syrian army, backed by Russia and Iran, and Kurdish-led Syrian forces, backed by the United States, are now racing to take the rest of the oil-rich eastern province of Deir el-Zour, including the key town of Boukamal near the Iraqi border.
Dineshwar Sharma says he is personally pained to see the path Kashmiris, particularly youth, have chosen that would only destroy the society.
The resolution was put to a vote on Tuesday and received 11 "yes" votes, two "no" votes from Russia and Bolivia, and two abstentions.
ISIS captured Al-Omar in 2014, when the group swept across large areas in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
Trump called it “a critical breakthrough in our worldwide campaign to defeat ISIS and its wicked ideology” and said “the end of the ISIS caliphate is in sight.”
U.S.-backed Syrian forces liberated the city of Raqqa on Tuesday from Islamic State militants, a senior commander said.
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