The Telegraph's Louisa Loveluck has spoken with Syrian refugees and aid workers at the Kilis border crossing in Turkey, where people have fled fighting in Syria's Aleppo province.
Syrian opposition calls for end to sieges and air strikes if talks to be resumed
The Syrian opposition has called for an end to sieges on civilian areas of Syria and to air strikes on civilians if peace talks are to be resumed on Feb. 25.
"Before we go on February 25 those measures should be implemented in reality on the land," Riad Hijab, chief coordinator of the opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), told reporters in London this afternoon.
Hijab, who spoke after a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, added that the opposition wants aid to be let through to civilians.
Riad Hijab, chief coordinator of the Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), paid a visit today to the UK parliament.
Hijab met with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond who tweeted that he had agreed with Hijab that political transition away from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was "vital for Syria."
Hijab said that the Syrian opposition wanted a secular future for all Syrians with a parliamentary system.
Georgia's Foreign Minister Tina Khidasheli tweets that Georgia was informed that Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov planned to make a statement about Pankisi, and that's why Tbilisi invited media representatives to visit the gorge.
The spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against IS, U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, has mentioned a report by the UN that says Russian and Syrian government air strikes have destroyed two hospitals in Aleppo.
U.S.-led Coalition air strikes more precise than Russia's: coalition spox
A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against IS in Syria and Iraq has said that coalition air strikes are more precise than those carried out by Russia.
Georgia 'informed that Russia's FM planned statement on Pankisi Gorge, IS'
Georgia's Defense Minister, Tina Khidasheli, has said that Georgia had been told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov planned to make another statement about the Pankisi Gorge and the IS group.
On Jan. 26, Lavrov said that the IS group had built a training base in the Pankisi Gorge, which is home to a population of ethnic Chechens known as Kists.
Khidasheli said that Georgian reporters had been allowed to visit Pankisi and talk to locals before Lavrov's statement.
"Together with media representatives, we visited each village, we have not given any instructions to them, they were absolutely free when working. Everybody saw nothing dangerous happens there," Khidasheli said.
"We demonstrated this before an apocalypse was declared, as if there are IS camps in Pankisi. We do not plan to confirm anything and justify ourselves but we are responsible for our population to be calm. Our answer is simple -- here is Pankisi, all those who are interested can visit it and see what happens there."
Five on trial in Germany on charges of supporting IS in Syria
Four men and one woman have gone on trial in Germany accused of supporting militant groups in Syria including the IS group.
The defendants are accused of sending funds, vehicles and recruits to Syria to support militant groups.
The main defendant is a 59-year-old German citizen.
Kurds attack Syria air base held by rebels
Kurdish fighters backed by Russian air strikes launched an offensive today to recapture a military air base held by Syrian rebels, according to activists and a rebel commander.
Maj. Yasser Abdul-Rahim, a rebel commander in the northern province of Aleppo, told The Associated Press that fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units, known as the YPG, are clashing with rebels near Mannagh air base. He accused the YPG of trying to take Arab villages near Afrin.
"We are fighting on three fronts," he said via Skype, referring to the YPG, Syrian troops and the Islamic State group, which also controls parts of Aleppo province. He warned that Mannagh air base could fall to Kurdish fighters because of the Russian air cover and the intensity of the attack.