Via AFP:
The United States on Tuesday accused Iran of helping "brutalize" Syria as Secretary of State John Kerry prepared to talk to Russia about Tehran's potential role at a peace conference.
Kerry will meet in Paris on January 13 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss whether Iran should take part in the conference later this month in Switzerland aimed at ending the nearly three-year-old war in Syria, the State Department said.
Russia, like Iran a supporter of Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad, supports participation by Tehran. Kerry, who has negotiated a thaw with I...
