Investing.com -- Russia is working together with the United States in response to the increasing violence in Syria, according to a report on Monday from the TASS news agency. The report cited Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, as the source of this information.

In Syria, recent days have seen violent clashes between supporters of the country’s former president Bashar al-Assad and the new Islamist rulers. These conflicts have resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 people, the majority of whom were civilians, in the coastal region that was a stronghold of the former president.

Moscow, a significant supporter of Assad, has two military facilities in the areas where the recent fighting has been reported. Assad fled to Moscow in December following his removal from power.

In response to questions from journalists prior to a U.N. Security Council meeting about whether Moscow was cooperating with Washington on the Syrian issue, Nebenzia confirmed that they were indeed working together, as reported by TASS.

The Kremlin has expressed concern about the situation in Syria and has called for an end to the violence.

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