25 killed in Monday’s bombing of Syria hospital: MSF

“The YPG needs to stop its own actions on the ground that we believe are raising tensions”. Russian Federation is threatening to bring them before the UN Security Council, and while Turkey is scoffing at the notion, they might not have a veto in their pocket. If there is a consensus, Turkey will take part.

In Istanbul, an unnamed Turkish official who briefed reporters Tuesday said that Turkey “wants a ground operation” in Syria, without which, the official said, “it is impossible to stop this war”.

“We discussed the priority issue for us at the moment, which is the issue of humanitarian access to besieged areas”, de Mistura said.

Turkey said Tuesday it is pressing for ground operations in Syria amid fears that U.S.-backed Kurdish militants are making gains at the opposition’s expense.

With the help of Russian airstrikes, his regime is consolidating control of the more heavily populated western parts of Syria.

World powers agreed to a “cessation of hostilities” that would let humanitarian aid be delivered to the Middle East war-zone.

France and Turkey have called the bombing of two schools and five hospitals in Syria “war crimes”, while hopes for a ceasefire faded as President Bashar al-Assad played down prospects of a truce.

Kurdish forces continued their push eastwards towards Daesh-held territory northeast of Aleppo.

The UN Security Council received a letter from the Syrian government in which Damascus condemned Turkey’s attacks in the north of Syria, Ramirez explained, noting that the entire council expressed “concern” about these violations.

The SDF advance comes amid continuous shelling by the Turkish army on the Kurdish positions in northern Aleppo.

“If [the rebels] lose Kansaba everything in Latakia will go to the regime”, said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Syrian observatory.

Five MSF staff members were reportedly among those killed in a series of raids carried out Monday on hospitals and schools in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces.

The proposed safe zone would include the Syrian town of Azaz.

Meanwhile, on Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu said Ankara would not allow Azaz to fall to the YPG forces. “Every time it turns out that whoever makes such claims is unable to even somehow confirm them”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.

“Our relations [with Turkey] are in a deep crisis”. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, both government and opposition-held towns over the border from Turkey have fallen under Ankara’s shelling.

Turkey has also been feeling pressure from Kurdish fighters, who the country sees as hostile insurgents.

Moscow insists Islamic State (ISIS) and the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front are the main targets of its air campaign.