US, Russia Fail to Settle Differences on Syria

The US and Russia have not bridged their differences over the issue of possible military action in Syria, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin told a press conference on the final day of the G20 summit in Russia that it was "counter-productive" to destabilise the situation in the Middle East.

He said the discussions about Syria on Thursday evening had gone on well past midnight, adding that he had a one-on-one meeting with US President Barack Obama in which they had discussed Syria.

Both men had listened to the other's position but had not agreed, he said, according to the BBC.

Obama had been pushing for support among leaders at the G20 for a US strike on Syria.
The US government accuses President Bashar al-Assad's forces of killing 1,429 people in a poison-gas attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21.

Assad has blamed rebels for the attack. China and Russia, which have refused to agree to a Security Council resolution against Syria, insist any action without the UN would be illegal.

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