Obama, Putin face tough talks on Syria

The situation in Syria is set to top the agenda of the G8 Summit which opens on Monday in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

US President Barack Obama is set to seek help from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin to bring Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table and end the country’s two-year-long civil war. At their first private face-to-face meeting in a year, Obama will try to find common ground with Putin on the sidelines of the summit.

Washington has angered the Kremlin by authorising US military support for the Syrian opposition. During talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London ahead of the summit, Putin renewed his criticism of the West’s position in startling tones, describing Assad’s foes as cannibals.

Washington’s announcement it would keep F-16 fighters and Patriot missiles in Jordan has prompted Moscow to bristle at the possibility they could be used to enforce a no-fly zone inside Syria.

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