Russia’s Lavrov says Washington declines deeper military talks on Syria

“The militants are retreating, trying to set up new positions and change the logistic system providing them with ammunition, weaponry and materials”, the Russian defense ministry said.

“Now, we often hear that our pilots are striking the wrong targets, not IS”, Mr. Putin said at an investment forum in Moscow explaining that Russian Federation had asked Washington to provide a list of targets.

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows…

Their arrival is nearly certain to fuel a civil war in Syria which has already claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people and displaced half of the country’s population.

“The big battle preparations in that area are clear”, said one of the officials familiar with the plans. He also disparaged Saudi Arabia and its influential clerics for failing to rally behind the rebels that the monarchy supports in Syria like they did decades ago in Afghanistan.

In addition to allowing the Islamic State to make progress in Syria, the Russian strikes have also forced the United Nations to stop humanitarian operations because of the danger of unpredictable bombings ordered by Moscow, Warren said.

Meanwhile, the Syrian ambassador to Russia, Riyad Haddad, said almost 40 percent of ISIL infrastructure has been destroyed in Russian air strikes.

The video emerged the day after the head of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front, Abu Mohamad al-Golani, urged “all fractions” to “escalate the battle” and hit strongholds of the Alawite sect to which President Bashar Assad belongs.

Rebels within the Democratic Forces of Syria said they intend to launch an offensive on the Isis capital of Raqqa within days, The Times reports.

He said he would pay the bounty even if a member of Assad’s own family killed him.

The Syrian wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood also issued a statement, calling on the Syrians to wage jihad against what they called the “flagrant Russian occupation of Syria”.

The audio recoring, obtained by several media outlets, called on youth to carry out the attacks in response to ongoing airstrikes against the Islamic State carried out by the US and Russian Federation, among other western countries.

The officials said “thousands” of Iranian troops have arrived there to participate in the attack, which will occur “soon”.

‘Neither Russian Federation nor Syria should use cluster munitions and both should join the global ban without delay’. Another senior Guards commander was killed last week, as was a top Hezbollah commander.