U.S. SUSPENDS TALKS WITH RUSSIA ON SYRIA CEASEFIRE
The United States on Monday suspended talks with Russia on trying to end the violence in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under a ceasefire agreement. The announcement came as Syrian government supported by Iranian-backed militias and Russian air power pounded the rebel-held area of Aleppo, bombing one of the city's main hospitals and badly damaging water supplies. "The United States is suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia that were established to sustain the cessation of hostilities,"