In their talks Sunday, Obama and Putin “clarified the remaining gaps” in the negotiations about how they can cooperate to reduce violence in Syria, provide humanitarian assistance and focus on Al Qaeda and the Islamic State terror group in Syria, according to a senior administration official familiar with the talks who described them to reporters on condition of anonymity. Putin told journalists there was a convergence of views between Russian Federation and the United States. They had been working to negotiate a plan that would have boosted military cooperation between the two nations in an effort to better target terrorists and prevent civilian deaths. Truce talks were complicated on Sunday as government forces and their allies laid siege to the rebel-held eastern side of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city before the war which Assad is determined to fully recapture.
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The bombings hit Arzuna Bridge, which is outside the provincial capital of Tartus City, killing at least 35 people and wounding 43, state media said.
Islamic State fighters carried out the suicide attacks, its Amaq news agency said. The failure of the last truce is apparently weighing heavily on President Obama and US officials, who are skeptical that Russian Federation will stick to the terms of any deal – specifically, that the Kremlin will actually use its influence to pressure Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to stop waging attacks the moderate opposition forces who are backed by the USA coalition forces.
“The President is taking part in a pull-aside with President Putin of Russian Federation”, said National Security Council spokesman Ned Price.
This is the second time in two weeks that Kerry and Lavrov have failed to reach a deal on a ceasefire deal.
While both Russian Federation and the USA are battling ISIL, Moscow supports President Assad ‘s forces, including with direct military intervention.
The latest violence came a day after Turkish forces and allied rebels seized the last part of the Turkish-Syrian border under IS control.
Turkey began an operation inside Syria on 24 August targetting not only IS but also Syrian Kurdish forces that have been a key USA partner in the fight against the jihadist group in Syria.
“The Syrian citizens in our country and those [who] would want to migrate from Syria can now find the opportunity to live more peacefully in their own land and their own houses”, Erdogan said, referring to the cleared area.
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Syrian state TV said 48 people were killed, but British-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the toll at 53 people.
