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Agence-France Presse: Ukraine peace talks in Paris overshadowed by Syria conflict

By AFP.

Published Oct. 2, 2015 at 3:43 pm

An image grab taken from a video released by the Homs Media Center on Sept. 30, 2015 shows smoke billowing from buildings in the central Syrian town of Talbisseh in Homs province. Russian warplanes carried out air strikes in three Syrian provinces, including Homs, along with regime aircraft on Sept. 30, according to a Syrian security source.

Photo by AFP

The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine meet in Paris Friday to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, as Moscow - now heavily engaged in the Syria conflict - eyes relief from biting sanctions.

Talks on Ukraine come as the devastation on the edge of Europe has been overshadowed by a refugee crisis spurred by the war in Syria and Russia's dramatic military intervention there to support President Bashar al-Assad.