Russia, Turkey, Iran team up on Syria talks as U.S. weighs pulling troops
Russia's foreign ministry announced that the continued presence of US troops in Syria is an obstacle in the path to peace settlement.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shake hands as they attend a news conference after talks on forming a constitutional committee in Syria, at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, December 18, 2018(photo credit: REUTERS/DENIS BALIBOUSE)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN