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Obama urges Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition: White House

US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition forces, the White House said Sunday. In a phone call to Putin Saturday, Obama stressed the importance of quickly providing humanitarian aid to besieged areas an

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Published 14 February 2016, 8:00 · Updated 18:22

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Obama urges Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition: White House

US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition forces, the White House said Sunday.

In a phone call to Putin Saturday, Obama stressed the importance of quickly providing humanitarian aid to besieged areas and initiating the cessation of hostilities across the war-wracked country, it said in a statement.

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