Obama, Putin fail to agree on Syria in phone talk: Kremlin

Source: AFP

MOSCOW — Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama were unable to resolve their differences on Syria in a phone talk Wednesday following a Damascus bomb attack, the Kremlin said.

"Differences in approaches remain that concern practical steps in achieving a settlement," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

A bomb struck at the heart of Syria's senior command Wednesday, killing at least three of President Bashar al-Assad's top brass in an attack claimed by rebels, amid fighting in the capital city.

The first such deadly attack against Assad's inner core came ahead of a showdown Thursday between the West and Russia over a UN Security Council resolution calling for sanctions against Damascus.


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