i'm laura ciliated out of stories this hour. --our top stories this hour.n for talks with bashar al-assad. as he arrives, violence erupts in the capital. the islamic state group claims to have killed a westerner in egypt for the first time, with photographs purporting to show the decapitated body and appeared online. official quitss. amid allegations of rape and

i'm laura ciliated out of stories this hour. --our top stories this hour. in for talks with bashar al-assad. as he arrives, violence erupts in the capital. the islamic state group claims to have killed a westerner in egypt for the first time, with photographs purporting to show the decapitated body and appeared online. official quitss. amid allegations of rape and in the of peacekeepers actual african republic. -- ki-moon says use a shame says he is ashamed by the reports. well, we begin this hour in syria, where iran's foreign minister has been meeting with bashar al-assad. rif arrived in damascus ahead of the surge of violence apparently timed to coincide with his visit. he is expected to present assad with a plan for ending syria's four-year war. reporter: a visit aimed at breaking the deadlock of syria's four-year civil war. mohammed javon's the reef arrived for cap -- mohammad javad zarif arrived for talks with bashar al-assad. if: i would like to tell our neighbors and other actors that it is time to listen to deceiving people's demands and just the s