US, Russia Launch Cease-fire Talks; No UN Action on Turkey

The U.S. and Russia have launched talks on brokering a cease-fire in Syria after failing to make Friday's scheduled deadline for a pause in fighting. Officials from the two countries sat down for talks in Geneva late Friday to try to find a way for a long-term cessation of hostilities that would help efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to besieged areas. The 17-nation International Syria Support Group agreed to form a Syria cease-fire task force, under the auspices of the U.N.,...

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