On Syria, Kerry has wanted greater US involvement than President Barack Obama was willing to support. At the start of his term in 2013, Kerry vigorously pursued a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians. Kerry’s biggest accomplishments came in 2015 with the Iran nuclear deal and the UN climate change agreement. Last week’s failure of a second Syrian ceasefire agreement brokered by Kerry unleashed a fresh round of stinging criticism of the administration’s Syria policy. Hours after the tense exchange at the UN Security Council, Lavrov and Kerry met again.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 25, 2016 16:41 UTC