Syrian regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel backer Turkey on Thursday signed a memorandum on a Moscow-backed plan to create safe zones in Syria.
An AFP reporter at peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana saw the heads of the delegations -- who represent the three countries sponsoring the negotiations -- sign the document. Read more
The United States warned Tuesday that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must be held accountable for chemical weapons attacks and demanded that Russia and Iran bring their ally to heel.
"While we continue to monitor the terrible situation, it is clear that this is how Bashar al-Assad operates: with brutal, unabashed barbarism," US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.
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The French Foreign Ministry condemned a deadly bombing in Damascus and called on truce guarantors, especially Russia and Iran, to ensure a cease-fire in Syria is fully respected.
“There is more than ever urgency to ensure that cease-fire is respected in Syria,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“France calls on the truce guarantors, especially Russia and Iran,Read more
A top Russian diplomat says Syrian President Bashar Assad's future is not on the agenda of Syria talks involving Russia, Iran and Turkey, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday.
Western nations have long demanded Assad step down as part of any settlement, while Russia and Iran have provided extensive diplomatic and military support to his government.
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US President Barack Obama said the responsibility for the brutality taking place in Syria 's Aleppo is the responsibility of Assad regime and its allies, Russia and Iran, and this blood and these "atrocities are on their hands." "Responsibility for this brutality lies in one place alone: with the Assad regime and its allies Russia and Iran. And this bloodRead more
A Syrian regime’s offensive in Aleppo, backed by Russia and Iran, was over, Russia’s UN envoy said on Tuesday as the US described the violence in the besieged city as “modern evil.”
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said an agreement had been struck for opposition fighters to evacuate the northwestern city and he said civilians would be unharmed, despite western and UNRead more