Monday, October 03, 2016

State Department: US suspends bilateral contacts with Russia over Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department says the U.S. is suspending bilateral contacts with Russia over Syria. That comes after last week's threat by Secretary of State John Kerry to suspend contacts amid new attacks on the city of Aleppo.

The department said in a statement Monday that Russia had not lived up to the terms of an agreement last month to restore the cease-fire and ensure sustained deliveries of humanitarian aid to besieged cities .... http://hosted.ap.org