US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reached on Saturday a landmark agreement which would see both countries greatly enhance cooperation in a bid to end the five-year-old Syrian conflict.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slammed as "unacceptable" the recognition and support by France and other states of the Syrian opposition battling the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian analysts believe that recognizing the newly formed opposition coalition in exile as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people will not help stop violence in Syria, but further deepen the division.
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that France recognizes Syria's newly formed opposition coalition as representative of the Syrian people.
Israeli forces on Monday afternoon fired into Syria after another Syrian mortar shell exploded outside an Israeli military outpost in the Golan Heights.
Syrian opposition groups announced here Sunday the formation of a new coalition and Moaz al-Khatib as the united entity's head.
The UN Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said Tuesday that China's new four-point proposal on Syria is welcomed.
Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov asserted Monday in Cairo that his country has not made any confidential negotiations or deals over the destiny of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian fractured opposition huddled in the Qatari capital of Doha in the hope of closing ranks in the face of the Damascus government.
Western attempts to press new Syrian leaders from outside contradicted the Geneva agreement agreed by all world powers.
A video appeared on-line Thursday showing the Western-backed armed rebels executing as many as 20 Syrian soldiers in the northern province Idlib.
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that negotiation is the only possible way to find a solution to the Syrian crisis.
Explosions and other chaotic incidents continued to rattle Syrian, most notably in the capital that has been hit with at least three explosions.
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