The European Union demanded on Monday the "immediate" halt of Russian airstrikes against moderate Syrian rebel groups, adding that a lasting peace was impossible under the Moscow-backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"The recent Russian military attacks that go beyond Daesh (Islamic State) and other UN-designated terrorist groups, as well as on the moderate opposition, are of deep concern and must cease immediately," the EU's 28 foreign ministers said in a joint statement.