World Powers Confer on Syria’s Political Future

Diplomats from 17 countries plus the United Nations and European Union have launched talks in Vienna on Syria’s political future. The meeting, the first of its kind, includes Russia and Iran, two countries that have long backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "There will be no political settlement of the war in Syria without Iran," said Daniel Serwer, a professor of conflict management at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. "But that doesn’t mean there...

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