Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem talks to media during a news conference in Damascus on February 6, 2016. AFP
These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:
- The Syrian government says it is ready for further peace talks and is intent on a political solution to the conflict.
- A bomber strikes near a checkpoint in a Shia neighborhood of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least seventeen people.
- Afghanistan observes a national day of mourning to commemorate more than 80 victims of twin bomb explosions in the capital Kabul.
- A group of around fifty Palestinian prisoners continue a mass hunger strike in protest against being held without charge or trial.
- The finance ministers of the world's biggest economies warn of global uncertainty over Britain's looming departure from the European Union.
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