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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry after their press conference in Moscow on July 15 Men's OFF WHITE x Nike Air Presto White Black Cone For Sale , 2016 (AFP PhotoNatalia Kolesnikova)
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Kerry held marathon talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow last week, striking an agreement on "concrete steps" to salvage a failing truce and tackle jihadist groups in Syria.
Details of the deal have not been made public but some US officials have voiced concerns about the effort.
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A ceasefire they brokered in February -- which did not include the Islamic State group or Syrian Al-Qaeda branch Al-Nusra -- has since all but collapsed amid continued heavy fighting. |
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