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Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in Syria are about to gain control of the country's second city of Aleppo as rebel groups seek ways to exit their last positions.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu in Istanbul tomorrow, Jan. 23, to discuss a wide range of regional issues, with a heavy focus on the Syrian civil war and the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Russian President Vladimir Putin has changed his stance on the ongoing crisis in Syria and is ?much more positive? about a future without President Bashar al-Assad, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

Questioning the content of trucks that were stopped by the gendarmerie while carrying ?logistical assistance to Turkmens? in Syria last year was nobody?s business, Turkish PM Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, drawing attention to the timing of publications accusing Turkey of delivering weapons to rebel groups in the neighboring country. 

Questioning the content of trucks that were stopped by the gendarmerie while carrying ?logistical assistance to Turkmens? in Syria last year was nobody?s business, Turkish PM Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, drawing attention to the timing of publications accusing Turkey of delivering weapons to rebel groups in the neighboring country. 

Recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry regarding possible negotiations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have prompted strong reactions from Ankara.

"What is there to negotiate [with al-Assad]?" Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu told reporters in Phnom Penh on March 16 during a visit to Cambodia.