Russia is ready to cooperate with all opposition groups in Syria that do not embrace terrorism in order to speed up a political solution to the crisis in the war-torn country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Monday said he regretted the Syrian National Coalition's (SNC) decision to pull out of proposed talks between warring factions, adding he hoped their stance may yet evolve.
Defense officials from the United States and Russia held a video conference Saturday to discuss safe flight operations over Syria, the Pentagon confirmed.
Russia and the United States are expected to hold military-to-military talks on Syria, where both countries have been conducting airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) militants, as soon as this weekend, the Pentagon said Friday.
The Russian military has used high-precision weaponry in strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria, the Russian Armed Forces General Staff said Wednesday.
The reluctance of the United States to share intelligence on Syria will not hamper Russia's operations in the war-torn country as Moscow has sufficient information from other sources, a Russian official said Thursday.
The Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday the U.S. military had to divert at least one U.S. aircraft over Syria to avoid colliding with Russian planes.
Since Moscow launched airstrikes on the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria last Wednesday, Russian military actions have aroused different responses from Western and regional countries.
The United States is prepared to resume de-confliction talks with Russia on military operations in Syria, the State Department said Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed on Thursday that Russian airstrikes in Syria were conducted exclusively on targets connected to IS.
U.S. President Barack Obama held "productive" talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday at the UN headquarters to discuss situations in Syria and Ukraine.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the United States should establish enclaves inside Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel and Russia have agreed on a coordinating mechanism to avert accidental clashes between the Israeli military and Russian forces deployed in neighboring Syria.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday said conflict, violence and displacement happening in Syria have made more than two million children in the country unable to go back to school and another 400,000 at risk of dropping out of school.
French air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria would be "necessary," said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday, adding surveillance mission over the conflict-torn Arab country would last as long as needed.
Australia has launched its first air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, Defense Minister Kevin Andrews confirmed on Wednesday.
The Pentagon said Monday Russia's recent military buildup in Syria indicated that it intended to create a military base in Syria.
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