Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War

A top U.N. adviser warned on June 6 of a humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib, northwestern Syria, where the Bashar al-Assad regime has been stepping up airstrikes.       

The only way out in Syria is through a political solution with unchanged borders of the war-torn country, a senior U.S. official has said. James Jeffrey, the U.S.

Turkey's president reiterated to his Russian counterpart on May 30 the need for an immediate cease-fire and a political solution in Idlib, northwestern Syria.       

Turkey on May 10 denied a German newspaper report claiming that Turkey will no longer buy the S-400 air defense systems from Russia.

Two U.S. representatives will travel to Turkey and Switzerland to discuss Syria, the State Department said on April 29.

Officials from Turkey, Russia, and Iran met on April 25 in the Kazakh capital Nursultan to discuss technical issues around ongoing talks between the three nations to find a settlement to the Syrian crisis.         

On April 22, a prisoner swap between the Assad regime and Syria's armed opposition took place as part of the Astana process, according to Turkey's Foreign Ministry.     

Israeli planes targeted a military position near the province of Hama in Syria on April 13, but Syrian air defenses intercepted and downed some of the rockets, Syrian state television said.

Turkey and Russia will hold a planning group meeting under the leadership of the two countries' foreign ministers, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Sergei Lavrov, in the southern province of Antalya on March 29. They are expected to discuss a number of bilateral issues as well as developments in Syria.

Top defense officials from the U.S. and France discussed a host of issues on March 18, including operations in Syria.