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Kerry, Lavrov to resume talks on Syria despite war crimes row

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss Syria, officials said on Wednesday, as a devastating bombing campaign of the city of Aleppo intensified.
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Publish Date:13/October/2016 | 08:08

Syrian government, allies advance as Russia vetoes U.N. demand

EghtesadOnline: Russia vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have demanded an immediate end to air strikes and military flights over Syria's Aleppo city and called for a truce and humanitarian aid access throughout Syria.
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Publish Date:09/October/2016 | 09:41

Russia builds up forces in Syria: Reuters

EghtesadOnline: Russia has built up its forces in Syria since a ceasefire collapsed in late September, sending in troops, planes and advanced missile systems, a Reuters analysis of publicly available tracking data shows.
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Publish Date:08/October/2016 | 08:54

Syria peace efforts must continue despite break with Russia: Kerry

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday efforts to end Syria's war must continue despite Washington's decision to break off talks with Moscow over what he called its "irresponsible" support for President Bashar al-Assad.
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Publish Date:05/October/2016 | 08:52

Putin’s Middle East gamble is paying dividends

EghtesadOnline: Vladimir Putin has made an art of turning weakness into strength. As Russian and Syrian forces pound Aleppo in the biggest assault of Syria’s five-year civil war, the Russian president clearly has emerged as a dominant force in the Middle East.
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Publish Date:05/October/2016 | 07:59

U.S. suspends Syria ceasefire talks with Russia, blames Moscow

EghtesadOnline: The United States broke off talks with Russia on Monday on implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under the Sept. 9 deal to halt fighting and ensure aid reached besieged communities.
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Publish Date:04/October/2016 | 07:42

Velayati: Syrian crisis to be resolved by respecting public demands

EghtesadOnline: Head of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council Ali-Akbar Velayati said on Sunday that Syria is not to be isolated under any circumstances and the only way to resolve the country's crisis is to respect public demands and maintain the country's territorial integrity.
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Publish Date:03/October/2016 | 08:52

Syria presses Aleppo advance, tells rebels to leave

EghtesadOnline: Syrian government and allied forces have advanced toward Aleppo, pursuing their week-old offensive to take the rebel-held part of the city after dozens of overnight air strikes.
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Publish Date:03/October/2016 | 05:18

Kerry said he lost argument to back Syria diplomacy with force: NYT

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a meeting last week with a small number of Syrian civilians and others, said he had lost an argument within the Obama administration to back up diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria with the threat of using military force, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Publish Date:01/October/2016 | 04:47

West Slams Russia Over Aleppo Bombings at UN Security Council

EghtesadOnline: Western powers traded barbs with Russia during an acrimonious emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to halt intensive bombing of Aleppo, the center of opposition to the government of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, without reaching agreement.
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Publish Date:26/September/2016 | 08:45

Kerry's ceaseless diplomacy faces sternest test on Syria

EghtesadOnline: After last week's bombing of a U.N. aid convoy in Syria dealt a death blow to a ceasefire deal in which he had invested all his diplomatic capital with Russia, the U.S. Secretary of State tossed aside a page of notes and looked at Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov across the horseshoe-shaped table in the U.N. Security Council.
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Publish Date:26/September/2016 | 07:08

Kerry's ceaseless diplomacy faces sternest test on Syria

EghtesadOnline: After last week's bombing of a U.N. aid convoy in Syria dealt a death blow to a ceasefire deal in which he had invested all his diplomatic capital with Russia, the U.S. Secretary of State tossed aside a page of notes and looked at Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov across the horseshoe-shaped table in the U.N. Security Council.
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Publish Date:26/September/2016 | 07:08

Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues

EghtesadOnline: Syrian government and rebel forces battled for control of high ground on the Aleppo outskirts on Saturday as warplanes bombed the city's opposition-held east relentlessly in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington's Syria policy in tatters.
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Publish Date:25/September/2016 | 02:56

U.S. Abandons Syria Truce Efforts and Lays The Blame With Russia

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry abandoned his bid to salvage a cease-fire aimed at easing Syria’s 5 1/2-year civil war, saying it was pointless to press ahead without a “major gesture” from Russia to end the violence.
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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 13:15

Syrian government seizes area in Aleppo attack, death toll climbs

EghtesadOnline: Syrian government forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on the city's opposition-held east as it came under fierce air strikes in a major offensive by the Russian-backed army.
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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 11:40