The US State Department has sent representatives to meet with members of the Russian Foreign Ministry to attempt to pressure the Kremlin to support a transfer of power in Syria. Following on the heels of a second reported massacre in Syria, US State Department official Fred Hof reportedly spoke with Russian Deputy Foreign Ministers Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov to secure a transition strategy for the Assad regime.
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