US-RUSSIA REACH AGREEMENT ON SYRIA WEAPONS
By MATTHEW LEE and JOHN HEILPRIN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday Sept.…
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SYRIAN REBELS BLAST RUSSIAN OFFER ON CHEMICAL ARMS
By BASSEM MROUE In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes with Free Syrian…
KERRY SET TO TEST RUSSIA ON SYRIA WEAPONS
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, on arrival at Cointrin Airport, in Geneva, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, prior to his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey…
HOW THE SYRIA PLAN BROKE THROUGH, JUST IN TIME
By CALVIN WOODWARD FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2013 pool-file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the…
RUSSIA MAY UP IRAN ARMS SALES IF US STRIKES SYRIA
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 file photo, Russian air defense missile systems are displayed at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky…
SYRIA ACCEPTS WEAPONS PLAN, STRIKE MOMENTUM EASES
By RYAN LUCAS and LORI HINNANT Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks to the media in Moscow, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Syria’s foreign minister said his country welcomes Russia’s proposal…
RUSSIA TO PUSH SYRIA TO SURRENDER CHEMICAL WEAPONS
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomes his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, left, prior to talks in Moscow on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) MOSCOW (AP)…
ASSAD: ‘EXPECT EVERYTHING’ IN RESPONSE TO ATTACK
By PHILIP ELLIOTT In this frame grab from video taken Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, and provided by “CBS This Morning,” Syrian President Bashar Assad responds to a question from journalist…