Syrian state-run news agency SANA has announced that as a result of the US-led coalition bombing of Raqqa, 20 civilians have been killed.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that Moscow and Washington are closer to reach an agreement over how to coordinate anti-militant fight in Syria’s Aleppo.
A senior commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) says Israeli intelligence services has been helping some Syrian military defectors to be trained in order to hold posts in the Syrian military after the government falls.