Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria denied on Saturday claims by the Turkish defence ministry that its forces had taken the battleground border town of Ras al-Ain, the first in its four-day-old offensive.

Syria Kurds deny Turkey has taken battleground border town

Syria's Kurds should start a dialogue with President Bashar al-Assad as their military allies the United States are readying to pull out, Russia said Sunday. "We support this dialogue between Damascus and the Kurds," said Russian deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin, whose country is a key backer of the Assad regime.

Russia says Syrian Kurds should start dialogue with President Bashar al-Assad

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Syria Kurds deny Turkey has taken battleground border town

Russia says Syrian Kurds should start dialogue with President Bashar al-Assad