“The window of opportunity is extremely limited after that … Military cooperation has become a pre-requisite,(peace talks) won’t advance without it”. Another diplomat said it was unlikely De Mistura would meet his new target of resuming talks in August. “A food warehouse was also targeted with almost 10,000 food parcels destroyed, while fuel … is dangerously low,” the statement said. US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington and Moscow, who support opposing sides in Syria’s five-year-old conflict, had made progress in recent days towards working more closely together. Syrian state television said on Tuesday the army had sent text messages to residents and fighters in eastern Aleppo, saying it will grant safe passage to whoever wants to leave and asking militia to put down their weapons.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2016 17:37 UTC