WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted an invitation to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as a drive to revive efforts to resolve the Syrian conflict kicked into higher gear.The announcement that Putin and Obama will hold talks at the United Nations in New York on Monday comes amid an apparent shift on Syrian President Bashar al-Assads potential role in any deal to end the four-year war that has killed 250,000 people.And US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Moscow and Washington could finds ways to cooperate in the crisis.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a fierce Assad critic, …read more
Source: Dunya TV
