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When watching the weather forecast, we all focus just on the place we live and pass over the rest of the world. Yet this is not the case for Russians these days. Last week, a Russian TV presenter at a state-owned news channel specifically talked about weather conditions in far distant Syria. Her conclusion was the highlight: ?So conditions are excellent for bombing Syria.?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said only with the help of Russia could Syria's civil war be brought to an end.

"For years we have known there can be a solution only with the help of Russia," Der Spiegel quotes her as saying on in a Thursday speech.

Russia is trying to establish "some kind of a coordination network" to cooperate with Middle Eastern countries in the fight against Islamic State (IS) group, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

Syria said on Sept.22 it has received sophisticated new arms from Russia, including warplanes, and deployed them against jihadists, amid signs Moscow is readying a direct role in its ally's war.

Yousaf al Salafi, the man believed to be the leader of the Islamic State in Pakistan confessed during investigations that he was receiving money through the united States.

The Russian Embassy in Damascus, Syria has come under mortar fire, stated the Russian Foreign Ministry Monday. The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement condemning the attack on the diplomatic mission, while it called on the international community to take a clear standpoint on ‘this terrorist act.

When two global superpowers decide to end a war, it happens. It looks like this will be the outcome in Syria after Russia?s latest overture. It may seem like a brutal blow to Ankara?s ?Death to Assad? policies but in the long run, Russia and the United States have agreed on keeping Turkey in one piece. And that means more than words.

Popular Unity leader Panagiotis Lafazanis dubbed his former comrade and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras ‘politically unreliable’, ruling out any possibility of a post election cooperation between his party and SYRIZA.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Aug. 3 placed sanctions on a dozen companies and institutions for their role in the ongoing conflict in Syria.

The United States has decided to allow airstrikes to defend Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military from any attackers, even if the enemies hail from forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. officials said on August 2.