The US and Russian military will begin discussions “as soon as possible” to avoid direct clashes in the air above Syria, top diplomats have said.
Russia has begun air strikes against rebel positions within Syria, with the first target near the western city of Homs, US defence officials say.
The clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and al-Qaeda backed extremist rebels are becoming more frequent and violent, with the disunity giving Assad’s forces an advantage.
Is arming the rebels in Syria a way to balance the conflict and reduce sectarianism and radicalisation within the rebel ranks, or will it open a Pandora’s box in the Middle East?
Syria’s civil war has transformed the formerly routine transaction of buying bread from the bakeries in Aleppo into a six hour process, with residents slowly losing faith in the FSA that are fighting against Assad’s military