Russian jets were reportedly targeting rebel held positions just hours before US-Russian brokered truce were due to take effect between the Syrian government and nearly 100 rebel factions.
Turkey slammed US ally Syrian Kurdish PYD for carrying out ethnic cleansing in Syria which Ankara deems as grave threat to Turkish national security.
An estimated 70, 000 Syrian refugees are estimated to flood the border near Turkey as fighting in Aleppo heats up.
Aid convoys were sent to three secluded Syrian towns where reports of people dying from starvation and malnutrition surfaced.
A U.S. trained rebel group handed over a quarter of their supplies to the Al Qaeda affiliated al Nusra front in a major setback for the U.S. effort to create a group of "moderate" rebels on the ground to affect the outcome on the ground of the Syrian Civil War.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM
