Obama: No sign ceasefire will bring lasting peace in Syria

But in his comments on the proposal, Assad seemed skeptical about whether a halt in the conflict was possible.

“If Russia continues indiscriminate bombing of the sort that we’ve been seeing, I think it’s fair to say that you’re not gonna see any take-up by the opposition”, he said Tuesday. Who is capable of gathering all these conditions and requirements within a week? “Statements by the US authorities have been misleading the PYD and other elements, who think they have a strong ally in the United States and can do what they want in terms of achieving their objectives”.

On Tuesday, the Pentagon said Saudi Arabia has resumed air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria. “Movement of weapons, equipment or terrorists, or fortification of positions, will not be allowed”.

Meanwhile, the United Nations said convoys are expected to start delivering aid in the coming days to besieged areas inside Syria after receiving authorization from the Assad government.

De Mistura pressed for “unhindered” access to besieged populations across Syria, spokeswoman Jessy Chahine said.

Obama challenged recent assertions by Russian and Syrian leaders that they are winning the ground war against rebel groups in the “shattered” country.

The advances have increased the risk of a military confrontation between Russian Federation and Turkey.

“The intensified bombings, the displacement, the fact that civilian entities have been hit by the regime and its backers, is of grave concern”, she said.

Two hospitals, one belonging to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), were bombed in Idlib province on Monday.

Given the repetitive nature and increasing frequency of attacks on medical facilities in Syria, “we do not know if the facility will reopen in another location”, said Massimiliano Rebaudengo, MSF head of mission for Syria.

Turkey’s foreign ministry has accused Russian Federation of carrying out an “obvious war crime” and warned that serious consequences would be inevitable if Russian Federation did not end such attacks.

Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday rescuers pulled three wounded people from the rubble of a hospital in northern Syria that was destroyed by an airstrike.

“There can’t be a cease-fire without a goal or a time”, he said.

“Those vile, cruel and barbaric planes have made close to 8,000 sorties since September 30 without any discrimination between civilians and soldiers, or children and the elderly”, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in parliament.

The third day of shelling comes as at least 14 people were killed by missiles in Azaz on Monday, in addition to the strikes that hit hospitals in the province of Idlib south of Aleppo.

But the administration has formed an alliance of convenience with the PYD, whose military forces have been useful in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria.

“Without ground operations it is impossible to stop the fighting in Syria”, the official said, adding Turkey had raised the issue with the USA and others.

UNITED NATIONS The United Nations Security Council expressed concern during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday over Turkish shelling of Kurdish YPG militia targets in Syria and called on Turkey to abide by worldwide law, the council president Venezuela said. Turkish artillery fire from the border near Kilis town toward northern Syria, in Kilis, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016.

Russian Federation denied that its jets were responsible; the Syrian government it backs suggested the strikes were conducted by USA warplanes.