Russia has a "special responsibility to calm violence and give a political process a chance" in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, Ahram Online reports.
According to a statement released by Merkel's office after the two leaders' telephone talk, the latest offensive in Aleppo has made the suffering of the civilian population yet worse and must be stopped.
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