Unable to stop Syria's war, US offers Russia new partnership

July 15, 2016 05:27

The United States offered Russia a broad new military partnership in Syria, hoping the attraction of a unified campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida and a Russian commitment to ground Syria's bombers

could end five years of civil war. If finalized, the deal could dramatically alter America's role in the conflict.

US Secretary of State John Kerry met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin yesterday to present him the new ideas. The eight-page proposal, which The Washington Post published on its website, shows the US offering intelligence and targeting sharing, and even joint bombing operations. It is a pact Moscow long had wanted, but the Obama administration resisted.

"Hopefully we'll be able to make some genuine progress that is measurable and implementable and that can make a difference in the course of events in Syria," Kerry said. Putin said he was looking for "tangible results."

The proposal would undercut months of US criticism of Russia's military actions in Syria, and put the United States alongside Syrian President Bashar Assad's chief international backer, despite years of American demands for the to leave power.

Russia would get what it has wanted since intervening in Syria on Assad's behalf last September: leadership of an international anti-terrorism alliance.

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