Obama ends up dealing with Russia and living with Assad, for now

[WorldNews]

By Lesley Wroughton and Arshad Mohammed UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's military buildup in Syria appears to have forced U.S. President Barack Obama to two unpalatable conclusions: He cannot ignore Moscow, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may survive for some time. Russian President Vladimir Putin, isolated after his annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, secured a meeting with Obama on Monday largely as a result of his surprise movement of planes and tanks into Syria.

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