U.S., Russia see Syria arms deal aiding peace talks

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U.S., Russia see Syria arms deal aiding peace talks

By Tom Miles and Oliver Holmes

(Reuters) - Russia and the United States agreed a new push to negotiate an end to Syria's civil war as they discussed a plan to destroy President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons in order to avert U.S. air strikes.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met for a second day in Geneva to work on Moscow's disarmament proposal; Washington remains skeptical and Kerry has said U.S. military action is still possible...However, after meeting the U.N. envoy for Syria, both Kerry and Lavrov said progress on the arms issue in their talks could help relaunch their efforts to bring Syria's warring sides together and negotiate an end to a conflict that has inflamed the Middle East and divided world powers since it began in 2011.

There is little sign of compromise inside Syria, however, where sectarian and ethnic hatreds have been deepened by two and a half years of war that has killed over 100,000 people and forced up to a third of the population from their homes.

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Kerry told a joint news conference: "We are committed to trying to work together, beginning with this initiative on the chemical weapons, in hopes that those efforts could pay off and bring peace and stability to a war-torn part of the world."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE98A15720130913

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1. Lol nt

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2. ? n/t

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3. It will prevent some major chemical attack, but the only thing that can help peace is by

Eliminating the top of the state.