Syrian National Coalition

France no longer sees the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a priority in the Syrian conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said on June 22, making the policy official for the first time.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called the US missile strike on an airfield in Syria's Homs province an "example to the entire free world."

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel supported the US missile attack on the airfield.

The Democratic Union Party (PYD) of Syria has proclaimed the creation of a "federal democratic system" in the north of Syria, Al Jazeera has said.

The Thursday announcement follows meetings earlier this week involving members of the Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and other communities in the region.

Any peace plan for Syria allowing President Bashar al-Assad to stand in early elections after a transition period would be "mad" because he is the root of the problem and holding a nationwide poll is impossible, a Syrian opposition figure said. 

The commander of a rebel group fighting on the ground echoed the comment. 

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu will attend a high-level meeting of the international community on combating the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on June 2 in Paris.

Emboldened by recent advances thanks to a more "coordinated" military assistance from regional allies, Syrian rebels have asked for the support of the United States to set up safe zones before the Bashar al-Assad regime collapses.

The U.S. ambassador in Ankara, John Bass, will represent his country in the commemoration ceremonies for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, U.S. Embassy spokesperson Joe Wierichs told Hürriyet Daily News. 

Turkey will host leaders from all corners of the world when it holds commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli April 24-25.

The heads of state for 20 nations will be in attendance, while two parliament speakers, three vice presidents, five prime ministers and around 20 ministers will also attend the ceremonies.

Syria's main domestic and exiled opposition groups has said they had agreed a joint draft roadmap for the first time, calling for a transitional governing body and an end to the brutal conflict.

U.S. officials have told their Turkish counterparts that Washington is sorry for not taking Ankara?s proposals and views on increasing radicalism in Syria and Iraq into consideration, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has claimed.