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In this Monday August 3, 2015 file photo, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, talk before a trilateral meeting, in Doha, Qatar. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool photo via AP, File)
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Residents inspect damage after what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta of Damascus September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
Opinion: Syria and the World—Victory or Compromise?
With the Syrian tragedy currently dominating the headlines, the “something-must-be-done” chorus has returned to urge “action”. Almost everyone, from Moscow to Washington and passing by Paris and London, is talking of a “political solution” through negotiations or...Caption:
Syrian refugees line-up as they are about to cross Greece’s border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 8, 2015. Greece asked the European Union for aid to prevent it being overwhelmed by refugees, as a minister said arrivals on Lesbos had swollen to three times as many as the island could handle. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Opinion: The international community should step up efforts to contain Syrian refugee crisis
News of Syrian refugees struggling to enter Austria and Germany from Hungary has dominated headlines around the world for the past week. None of the refugees wants to stay in Hungary or Serbia, or any of the countries they pass through on the way to Germany, according...Caption:
Migrants arrive at the border between Hungary and Austria on September 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Austria, Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary
Hegyeshalom (Hungary) and Vienna, Reuters—Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants on Saturday, bused to the Hungarian border by a right-wing government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers...Caption:
President Barack Obama, right, meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, September 4, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)