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Russia’s air forces will intensify airstrikes against the posts of extremist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria, a senior military official has said.

Putin and Poroshenko were joined by French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris Friday and were expected to discuss ways to implement the Minsk agreement.

The hilltop compound in Jerusalem’s Old City is a frequent flashpoint and its fate is a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Davutoglu also reiterated Turkey’s call for a safe zone to be created inside Syria to deal with the current refugee crisis.

It said there were 14 new missions on Friday, including targets in Idlib and Hama provinces.

If the first rounds of Russian airstrikes are any indication of their future plans in Syria, it seems inevitable that most of the rebel groups Turkey has been supporting in recent years will be severely weakened.

According to the Syrian National Coalition, the main Western-backed opposition group, the Russian airstrikes resulted in the deaths of 36 civilians, including five children. “It was through the tactical cooperation and operational air support by the terrorist [Syrian...

He said that Russia’s intervention had further “complicated” the crisis, while suggesting that Britain should extend its own bombing campaign – now only operational against IS in Iraq – to Syria.

A jihadi cleric based in Syria has warned Russian Federation that the Arab country will be a “graveyard for invaders”.

President Barack Obama has said that Russia’s Syrian strategy is a recipe for disaster as President Vladimir Putin failed to differentiate between Islamic State militants and moderate groups who oppose the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.

He said he believed the raid was carried out by Russian jets.

The three injured civilians were moved to Nablus hospital after sustaining moderate injuries in the legs, local sources reported.

This closely parallels what the Russians have been saying about how every element of the Syrian opposition consists of “terrorists” who are advancing the interests of ISIS and/or al-Qaeda, including the “moderate” Syrian rebels the Obama Administration has...

But among the stars of the show were Barack Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

USA president Barack Obama has backed down before on Syria.