Obama seeks Syria strike allies in Sweden and Russia
US President Barack Obama left for Europe on Tuesday, seeking tacit support for a plan to strike Syria without a UN mandate and a looming confrontation with Vladimir Putin.
(AFP) US President Barack Obama left for Europe on Tuesday, seeking tacit support for a plan to strike Syria without a UN mandate and a looming confrontation with Vladimir Putin.
Obama headed for Sweden and the G20 summit in Russia after making important political headway at home when top Republican leaders firmly backed his plan to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a chemical weapons attack.
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