Report: Syria welcomes US-Russia "rapprochement"

Syria said on Thursday it welcomed what it described as a rapprochement between the United States and Russia during a meeting this week in which both countries agreed to arrange a conference on ending Syria's two-year conflict.

Syria's state media quoted a statement by the foreign ministry saying Damascus was convinced by the "the firm Russian stance which is based on the UN principles of non-interference in internal affairs or the threat to use force against the safety of any state". (Reuters)