Attempt at U.S.-Russia cooperation in Syria suffers major setbacks

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World | Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:14am EDT
Related: World, Russia, United Nations, Syria
Attempt at U.S.-Russia cooperation in Syria suffers major setbacks
GENEVA/WASHINGTON | By Tom Miles and John Walcott

 
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's attempt to elicit Russian military cooperation in the fight against Islamic State in Syria suffered two potentially crippling blows on Thursday.

First, the Syrian army said it had cut off all supply routes into the eastern part of the city of Aleppo - Syria's most important opposition stronghold - and President Bashar al-Assad's government asked residents to leave the city.

That move, U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity said on Thursday, appeared to be an effort to pre-empt a U.S. demand that Russia and Syria reopen a major road into the divided northern city before talks could begin on creating a joint intelligence center to coordinate air attacks against Islamic State.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-russia-idUSKCN10900V

[Timber Rattler]

Kerry's a moron...he wants to topple Assad, while Putin is propping up the regime.