Obama administration opening 2-front campaign on Syria

Feb 14, 2016, 07:18

Doctors Without Borders meanwhile said military operations in Aleppo province have brought "the already devastated health system" close to collapse in the Azaz district, some 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Turkish border. Earlier in the war, the USA was suggesting complete support for the rebels as the eventual government of Syria, and backed their refusal to negotiate.

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A large group of Islamic State militants, along with their leader Abu Maher, were killed in air attacks around the village of Kalaz Taktani.

Russian Federation says it is supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government as part of a counterterrorism campaign.

"Many are shifting to cooperation with the Syrian government", he said.

Kerry and Lavrov said the USA and Russian Federation would co-chair both the working group on humanitarian aid as well as a task force that will try to deal with the "modalities" of the temporary truce.

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Russian Federation has proposed a 1 March ceasefire in Syria, according to United States officials, but Washington countered with demands for the fighting to stop immediately.

Kerry said he expected a "serious conversation" about all aspects of what was happening in Syria.

"They rather crudely use humanitarian matters in order to play, we believe, a destructive role as far as the political process is concerned", said Churkin, adding that given the heightened interest in humanitarian issues, the council should also start regularly discussing Yemen and Libya. "We will talk about all aspects of the conflict".

The agreement by the 17 countries of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) "is an important step on the way to finding a solution to the Syrian crisis", Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter.

Asked Friday to comment on the Munich talks, Salem Meslet, the spokesman for the Syrian opposition coalition known as the High Negotiations Commitee, said, "We must see action on the ground in Syria".

On February 11, a senior Russian diplomat said Moscow opposed plans to establish a "safe zone" along the Turkey-Syria border.

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Spokesman for the US-led coalition Colonel Steve Warren in Baghdad rejected this.

The statement came after the Pentagon accused Russian and Syrian government forces of destroying two main hospitals in Aleppo in air raids.

Especially those living under sieges imposed by the different warring sides were "in an utterly desperate situation, with many deaths, including of young children, as a result of severe malnutrition and lack of access to medical care", he said.

"That cessation that comes begets, possibly, better stronger talks (and) ultimately... maybe a ceasefire", he said.

As he prepared to meet allied defence ministers in Brussels, Defence Secretary Ash Carter said Islamic State would have to be defeated "whatever happens with the Syrian civil war".

"We are not about to be apologetic about what we are doing", Churkin told reporters after the meeting.

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