Intensive negotiations ahead of Russia-led Syria talks

Monday, January 23, 2017

ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Delegates from Russia, Turkey and Iran held hours-long talks Sunday in Kazakhstan on the eve of negotiations between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's government, trying to forge common ground that would nudge forward a political settlement for the country's civil war.

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