2016-10-15t145443z_2147214527_s1beuhdbqhab_rtrmadp_3_mideast-crisis-syria-talks.jpg A woman protests outside the Beau-Rivage Palace during the Syria talks in Lausanne. Kerry was seeking a new path to peace after failing to secure a ceasefire in direct talks with Russia amid mounting international outrage over the Russian and Syrian bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo. But France's Foreign Ministry confirmed that foreign ministers of like-minded nations planned to meet to discuss Syria in London on Sunday. "If this format is to be credible, Kerry has to come out of the talks tonight saying we got something for Aleppo. It was the first meeting between Kerry and Lavrov since the collapse of a second attempted ceasefire in September.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 15, 2016 19:07 UTC