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Syrian president Bashar al-Assad finally spoke about the refugee crisis and pointed the blame at Europe for “supporting terrorists”.

“There is now no Iranian initiative, but rather there are ideas, or principles, for an Iranian initiative which are based principally on the subject of Syria’s sovereignty… and are based on fighting terrorism“, Assad said.

US officials have voiced concern about Russia’s increasing military presence in Syria, saying it appears to be aimed at strengthening the government of Assad, a longtime Russian ally, rather than seeking a transition to a new political leadership.

Russian Federation has positioned about a half dozen tanks at an airfield at the centre of a military build-up in Syria, according to two United States officials.

Iraqi Kurdish officials said Saturday six people had been killed in a pre-dawn strike by Turkish war planes on the village of Zarkel and there have been reports of civilian casualties.

In another air operation in Bokriskan region of Iraq, the PKK’s “Sehit Dilan” battalion’s commander and four group leaders were killed, and 30 militants injured.