TROUBLE IN PARADISE: US and Russia to Hold Urgent Meeting on Syria Following Ceasefire Collapse

Russian and US officials will hold urgent meetings on Monday night and Tuesday to discuss the collapse of the ceasefire in Syria, according to a US official. “We are also going to be meeting with the Russians at high levels to try to get a sense from them about where they think this [Syrian ceasefire] can go from here,” the US official said.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that an airstrike on aid workers on Monday has done significant harm to the peace plan. “What happened today has dealt a serious blow to our efforts to bring peace to Syria,” the official stated, claiming that the aid workers were hit by a strike not launched by the US-led coalition. READ MORE