France, Britain, Germany, and the United States on Tuesday called on the Syrian army and Kurdish fighters who extended the ceasefire in northern Syria to 'avoid any security vacuum' that the Islamic State group could exploit. Meanwhile, a Syrian government official said on Tuesday that the government is looking to hold a new round of merger talks with Kurdish forces soon. The Kremlin also announced on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Moscow on Wednesday the prospects of bilateral relations and developments in the Middle East. French and British foreign ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and James Cleverly, and German Foreign Ministry State Secretary...
