Obama Sees No Quick Resolution With Putin on Syria Strategy
- Russian losses, military stalemate may push change, Obama says
- Vienna talks on political resolution showing some progress
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After the Russian jetliner bombing, after the Paris attacks, after two face-to-face meetings and shuttle diplomacy by a trusted ally, President Barack Obama doesn’t see any quick help coming from Vladimir Putin in Syria.
Obama on Tuesday held out the prospect that mounting Russian casualties and the stalemate between Bashar al-Assad’s forces and opposition groups will push the Russian president into the coalition battling Islamic State in Syria.