U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will lead meetings with the fractured Syrian opposition on Sunday in Paris, in a bid to convince the Syrian National Coalition's newly re-elected leader to participate in peace talks slated to begin on January 22.
WASHINGTON — Republican US Senator Dick Lugar, one of his party's elder statesmen on foreign policy, cautioned Tuesday against providing US aid to Syria's opposition "at this point."
VILNIUS — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet Syrian dissidents in Switzerland on Tuesday, officials said, as Washington sees Damascus increasingly isolated over its crushing of pro-democracy protests.
