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Russia and Syria carried out what appeared to be the first major coordinated attacks on Syrian insurgents on Wednesday, targeting rebels in the west rather than Islamic State, a monitor said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin lands in Iran's capital Tehran to take part in a trilateral summit on Syria with Iran and Turkey, making it his second time travelling abroad since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
The leaders of Russia and Turkey meet in Moscow after a surge in fighting in Syria raised fears of their armies clashing and launched a new migrant crisis. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is looking for Putin to agree to a rapid ceasefire in Idlib, the northwestern province of Syria where Ankara is battling Moscow-backed regime forces. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the situation in northern Syria, where Erdogan has vowed to continue an offensive against Kurdish fighters. "The situation in the region is very severe," Putin told Erdogan ahead of talks in the Russian city of Sochi, hoping that the good rapport between Russia and Turkey "will let us find an answer to even the most difficult questions." IMAGES of the meeting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes his Russian counterpart for their latest summit on Syria, with attention focused on Damascus's push on the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).