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US Withdrawal Of Troops In Afghanistan Raises Big Questions
The 17-year-old US war in Afghanistan took a new turn last week when President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of 7,000 American troops from the country.
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First Sign Of Enhanced US-Russia Relations Under Donald Trump: An Invite To Syria Talks
Russia has invited the incoming Trump administration to Syrian peace talks it is sponsoring later this month with Turkey and Iran, part of a process from which President Barack Obama's administration pointedly has been excluded.
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Vladimir Putin Says Turkey Ambassador Murder Is Ploy To Wreck Syrian Peace Process
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the killing of Russia's ambassador to Turkey was a despicable provocation aimed at spoiling Russia-Turkey ties and derailing Moscow's attempts to find, with Iran and Turkey, a solution for the Syria crisis.
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Paris To Host Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Turkey For Syria Talks Monday
France will host talks next week with the Saudi, Qatari, Turkish and UAE foreign ministers on the breakdown in the Syrian peace process, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said Wednesday.
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Activists At Syria Peace Talks Call For 'Comprehensive Change'
A group of Syrian political activists invited to take part in the Geneva peace process presented a submission to the media on Wednesday after meeting UN mediator Staffan de Mistura, who has said he wants to meet representatives of all sides in the conflict.
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Syria Ceasefire Task Force Meets, France Wants Answers On Violations
Countries sponsoring the Syria peace process met in Geneva today amid complaints that a new cessation of hostilities deal was quickly unravelling, with France demanding information about reports of persisting attacks on rebel positions.
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Vladimir Putin Says Syria Peace Process 'Complicated' But No Other Options
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the peace process in Syria would be "complicated" but that there were no other ways of ending the conflict, ahead of the scheduled start of a ceasefire.
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UN Endorses Syria Peace Plan In Rare Show Of Unity Among Big Powers
The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that has claimed more than a quarter million lives.
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World Powers Struggle To Agree On UN Syria Resolution
UN diplomats were working Friday to iron out differences over a draft Security Council resolution endorsing the Syrian peace process just hours before a council meeting called to adopt the measure, diplomats said.
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John Kerry, Sergei Lavrov Begin Syria Talks In Moscow
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov began talks in Moscow today in an effort to keep the brittle Syrian peace process on track.
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John Kerry to Explore Assad's Future, Syria Peace Process in Kremlin Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will use talks in Moscow on Tuesday to try to narrow differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in any political transition, a senior State Department official said on Monday.
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US Pushes Syria Peace Process After Bashar al-Assad Rejects Timetable
The US was pushing to keep Syria's peace process alive Thursday, saying President Bashar al-Assad's future will be decided in the coming weeks, after the embattled leader rejected an ambitious timetable to cede power.
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UN Syria Envoy Says 'Momentum' of Vienna Talks Must not be Squandered
The UN peace envoy for Syria urged world powers Tuesday to build on the "momentum" of new international talks and come up with a political process to end the four-year war.
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New Diplomatic Push for Syria, But Solution Still Elusive
The first visit of a top Syrian official to a Gulf Arab state in more than four years is the strongest sign yet of a new diplomatic push to end the Syrian war, but there are still huge hurdles to face before any peace process can begin.
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Turkey Launches Heaviest Air Strikes on PKK Since Campaign Began: Official
Turkish fighter jets launched their heaviest assault on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight since air strikes began last week, a government official said, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan said a peace process had become impossible.
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US Withdrawal Of Troops In Afghanistan Raises Big Questions
The 17-year-old US war in Afghanistan took a new turn last week when President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of 7,000 American troops from the country.
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First Sign Of Enhanced US-Russia Relations Under Donald Trump: An Invite To Syria Talks
Russia has invited the incoming Trump administration to Syrian peace talks it is sponsoring later this month with Turkey and Iran, part of a process from which President Barack Obama's administration pointedly has been excluded.
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Vladimir Putin Says Turkey Ambassador Murder Is Ploy To Wreck Syrian Peace Process
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the killing of Russia's ambassador to Turkey was a despicable provocation aimed at spoiling Russia-Turkey ties and derailing Moscow's attempts to find, with Iran and Turkey, a solution for the Syria crisis.
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Paris To Host Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Turkey For Syria Talks Monday
France will host talks next week with the Saudi, Qatari, Turkish and UAE foreign ministers on the breakdown in the Syrian peace process, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said Wednesday.
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Activists At Syria Peace Talks Call For 'Comprehensive Change'
A group of Syrian political activists invited to take part in the Geneva peace process presented a submission to the media on Wednesday after meeting UN mediator Staffan de Mistura, who has said he wants to meet representatives of all sides in the conflict.
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Syria Ceasefire Task Force Meets, France Wants Answers On Violations
Countries sponsoring the Syria peace process met in Geneva today amid complaints that a new cessation of hostilities deal was quickly unravelling, with France demanding information about reports of persisting attacks on rebel positions.
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Vladimir Putin Says Syria Peace Process 'Complicated' But No Other Options
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the peace process in Syria would be "complicated" but that there were no other ways of ending the conflict, ahead of the scheduled start of a ceasefire.
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UN Endorses Syria Peace Plan In Rare Show Of Unity Among Big Powers
The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that has claimed more than a quarter million lives.
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World Powers Struggle To Agree On UN Syria Resolution
UN diplomats were working Friday to iron out differences over a draft Security Council resolution endorsing the Syrian peace process just hours before a council meeting called to adopt the measure, diplomats said.
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John Kerry, Sergei Lavrov Begin Syria Talks In Moscow
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov began talks in Moscow today in an effort to keep the brittle Syrian peace process on track.
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John Kerry to Explore Assad's Future, Syria Peace Process in Kremlin Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will use talks in Moscow on Tuesday to try to narrow differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in any political transition, a senior State Department official said on Monday.
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US Pushes Syria Peace Process After Bashar al-Assad Rejects Timetable
The US was pushing to keep Syria's peace process alive Thursday, saying President Bashar al-Assad's future will be decided in the coming weeks, after the embattled leader rejected an ambitious timetable to cede power.
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UN Syria Envoy Says 'Momentum' of Vienna Talks Must not be Squandered
The UN peace envoy for Syria urged world powers Tuesday to build on the "momentum" of new international talks and come up with a political process to end the four-year war.
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New Diplomatic Push for Syria, But Solution Still Elusive
The first visit of a top Syrian official to a Gulf Arab state in more than four years is the strongest sign yet of a new diplomatic push to end the Syrian war, but there are still huge hurdles to face before any peace process can begin.
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Turkey Launches Heaviest Air Strikes on PKK Since Campaign Began: Official
Turkish fighter jets launched their heaviest assault on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight since air strikes began last week, a government official said, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan said a peace process had become impossible.
