Turkey and Syria seem to have stepped up efforts to normalise ties amid decades-long hiatus. Turkish media reported that Erdogan and Al-Assad are expected to meet in August at Yayladagi-Kasab border gate. There are reports of involvement of head of Russia's foreign intelligence service and director of Turkey's national intelligence organisation over the potential get-together. The development comes just days after Al-Assad met Vladimir Putin in Kremlin. Watch for more.