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    Syria Could Face New Sanctions for ‘War Crimes’
    Oct17

    Syria Could Face New Sanctions for ‘War Crimes’

    Monday, October 17 , 2016 - 1:51 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Britain and the United States said on Sunday they were considering imposing additional sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his supporters for their actions in Syria’s war. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking after briefing allies in London on a new diplomatic initiative on...

    Syria Could Face New Sanctions for ‘War Crimes’
    Oct17

    Syria Could Face New Sanctions for ‘War Crimes’

    Monday, October 17 , 2016 - 1:51 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Britain and the United States said on Sunday they were considering imposing additional sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his supporters for their actions in Syria’s war. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking after briefing allies in London on a new diplomatic initiative on...

    Unipolar no more: With Russia and China’s growing aggression, the world is becoming increasingly multipolar
    Oct17

    Unipolar no more: With Russia and China’s growing aggression, the world is becoming increasingly multipolar

    Monday, October 17 , 2016 - 1:36 (EEST) Section: Salon (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a reserve for wild horses near the Urals city of Orenburg, about 1300 kilometers (800 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) (Credit: AP) This article originally appeared on TomDispatch. In the strangest election year in recent...

    U.S., Britain considering new sanctions on Russia, Syria
    Oct16

    U.S., Britain considering new sanctions on Russia, Syria

    Sunday, October 16 , 2016 - 22:21 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    After latest talks make “no step forward” towards a cease-fire, Boris Johnson said he wants to make Russia “feel the consequences” of their military campaign …read more Source:...

    US, Britain Considering Sanctions on Russia, Syria over Aleppo
    Oct16

    US, Britain Considering Sanctions on Russia, Syria over Aleppo

    Sunday, October 16 , 2016 - 20:36 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. Secretary John Kerry says the U.S. and Britain are considering new sanctions on Russia and Syria over their continued military strikes in the city of Aleppo. Kerry spoke after more talks on Syria in London Sunday with European allies. He said a meeting Saturday in Switzerland with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and several Middle...

    How Mike Flynn Became America’s Angriest General
    Oct16

    How Mike Flynn Became America’s Angriest General

    Sunday, October 16 , 2016 - 17:17 (EEST) Section: POLITICO - U.S. Edition (USA)

    On August 7, 2014, clusters of well-dressed men and women filed into the gleaming metal and glass superstructure of the Defense Intelligence Agency at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, just across the river from Ronald Reagan National Airport, for the retirement ceremony of Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, the agency’s director. Among those...

    Diplomats forge new track to end Syria violence but no truce
    Oct16

    Diplomats forge new track to end Syria violence but no truce

    Sunday, October 16 , 2016 - 10:31 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — New ideas proposed, more talks prepared and no quick resolution in sight for Syria’s agony. A U.S.-hosted meeting of major world and regional powers made only piecemeal headway on creating a new, multilateral track for ending the beleaguered country’s grinding war. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry...

    Amid Syria’s Violence, Diplomats Produce Ideas but No Truce
    Oct16

    Amid Syria’s Violence, Diplomats Produce Ideas but No Truce

    Sunday, October 16 , 2016 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland—The United States, Russia and seven other would-be Syria mediators ended a 4½-hour meeting Saturday without agreement or concrete steps to match what America’s top diplomat described as the urgent crisis in the city of Aleppo. Instead, the envoys said only that new ideas were proposed and more discussions planned. The...

    Progress Unclear After 4½ Hours of U.S.-Led Talks on Syria
    Oct15

    Progress Unclear After 4½ Hours of U.S.-Led Talks on Syria

    Saturday, October 15 , 2016 - 23:01 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    (LAUSANNE, Switzerland)—Back where they started, the United States, Russia and others trying to mediate Syria’s civil war spent 4½ hours searching for a diplomatic process that could succeed where last month’s collapsed cease-fire failed. It wasn’t clear whether they made any progress. With the Syrian and Russian governments...

    As Syria’s War Rages, US and Russia Back at Diplomatic Table
    Oct15

    As Syria’s War Rages, US and Russia Back at Diplomatic Table

    Saturday, October 15 , 2016 - 16:31 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Back where they started, the United States, Russia and other international players in Syria’s civil war searched Saturday for a diplomatic process that could succeed where last month’s collapsed cease-fire failed. With the Syrian and Russian governments pressing an offensive against rebel-held parts of Aleppo, no...