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Kerry to meet Russian FM in Geneva Thursday

US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Geneva on Thursday to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss the Syria crisis, a US official told AFP. The news came shortly after Kerry spoke by telephone with Lavrov seeking details of a Russian proposal to neutralize...

Putin Sets New Condition on Syrian Chemical Weapons Plan

  Russian President Vladimir Putin set a condition that endangers the diplomatic initiative to eliminate  Syria ’s chemical weapons, saying it depends on the U.S. and other nations renouncing the use of force against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Putin’s remarks complicate...

Syria wants to join chemical weapons ban treaty: FM

Syria wants to join the chemical weapons ban treaty and is ready to give other countries and the United Nations access to its arsenal, Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said Tuesday. "We are ready to state where the chemical weapons are, to halt production of chemical weapons and show these...