US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his British counterpart William Hague to discuss Syria as Washington struggles to organize a peace conference to end the conflict. Plans to bring together the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al Assad and the opposition at talks in Geneva have so far failed to come to fruition, and Hague at the weekend warned regime gains on the ground raised new hurdles.
President Barack Obama has asked his national security team, which includes Kerry, to “look at all options” to end the fighting, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki reiterated Tuesday, adding however there would be no American “boots on the ground.”
Kerry postponed a visit to the Middle East this week to attend meetings on Syria in Washington, amid reports that the Obama administration is thinking of ending its refusal to arm the Syrian opposition.
