Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday called for representative, balanced and inclusive Syria talks while attending the third ministerial-level meeting of the International Support Group for Syria here in New York.
Domestically-based Syrian opposition handed the office of the UN envoy to Syria a list of 22 names chosen to represent it in the upcoming dialogue with the Syrian government, an opposition figure told Xinhua on Tuesday.
The international coalition against terrorist groups like Daesh, also known as the Islamic State the terrorist group, should involve coordinated operations of ground military and air strikes, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
Intensified air strikes targeted positions of the Islamic State (IS) on Sunday in Syria, killing and wounding tens of IS militants, activists and local media said,as President Bashar al-Assad slammed the French and British anti- terror efforts as lacking the will and vision to defeat IS.
British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Saturday that the deployment of Typhoons and two further Tornados would double the number of British fighter jets taking the fight against Daesh, also known as the Islamic State (IS).
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that his country is doing all to control its border with Syria and to remove Islamic State (IS) elements from Syrian side of the border with coalition forces.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday welcomed a vote by the British parliament to launch strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
Russia has intensified its air strikes in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, close to the Turkish borders, as a top Iranian official arrived on Sunday in capital Damascus for meetings with top official, reports said.
The world could face more terror attacks as it intensifies offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group, said a Syrian political analyst.
Russian air forces on Tuesday intensified military operation against Islamic State(IS) targets in Syria, shortly after the Kremlin admitted that a Russia passenger plane that crashed in Egypt last month was brought down by a homemade bomb.
The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that it was premature for Moscow to invite Syrian opposition to attend talks in Russia.
Iranian and world powers on Thursday met for the first time in Vienna to find a political solution to end Syria's civil war.
In parallel with its military involvement against the terror groups in Syria, Moscow is also trying to help make a breakthrough in the stalemated political process in Syria so as to bring an end to the long-running conflict in the war-torn country, analysts say.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that this week's international talks on Syria in Vienna will be the best chance to save the war-torn country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday informed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's surprise visit to Moscow, Turkish presidential sources said.
Syria's Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi said Tuesday that the recently waged military offensive by the Syrian and Russian army against the jihadi groups has no specific timeframe or place, an indication that the war on the terror group could drag on indefinitely.
U.S. defense chief Ash Carter said on Tuesday the United States would not cooperate with Russia in the fight against the extremist group, the Islamic State (IS).
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