Militant Islamist fighters hold the flag of Islamic State while taking part in a military parade
Militant Islamist fighters hold the flag of Islamic State (IS) while taking part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province in this June 30, 2014 file photo. Reuters/Stringer

The White House will resume talks with Russia in a bid to avoid accidents in Syria as Islamic State militants advance to Aleppo. The news comes after Russia said it had killed as many as 100 militants on its tenth day of strikes in Syria.

Both countries will come together to discuss Syrian airstrikes to possibly avoid the clashing of Russian warplanes with drones and U.S-led coalition jets, confirmed Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook on Friday. "Department leaders are reviewing the Russian response and talks are likely to take place as soon as this weekend," he said, according to The Guardian.

Amid escalating tensions over Syria, the Obama administration also announced that it would scrap its project to train Syrian rebels. The project, which aimed to train nearly 5,400 rebels, has only trained 60 so far, at a cost of US$10 million (AU$ 13.64 million) per fighter.

Instead, the Pentagon said that it would start focusing on supplying equipment and weapons to leaders who have passed the U.S. vetting process, which will ensure that they don’t have any connections to militant Islamist groups. Despite the U.S. and Russia’s alarming attacks on ISIS targets, Islamic State militants are advancing to Aleppo. The British-based Observatory in Syria reported it is the biggest advance by Islamic State since August in Aleppo, reports Reuters.

Moscow’s intervention in the Syrian civil war has left U.S. grappling with the sudden transformation taking place in Syria. These erstwhile cold war foes are busy finding out ways to avoid a clash while they carry out bombings on their common enemy.

Russian Defence Ministry said that Russian warplanes have hit 60 terrorist targets and Russian bombing of Raqqa had killed two senior commanders and around 200 fighters.

Meanwhile, France has also been launched its first air strike in Syria on Sept. 27 in an attempt to remove Islamic State militants.

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