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Mideast: international mediators meet in Vienna

Mideast: international mediators meet in Vienna
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International Middle East peace mediators are meeting in Vienna. They are planning to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, as well as the growing

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International Middle East peace mediators are meeting in Vienna.

They are planning to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, as well as the growing unrest in Israel and the West Bank.

Assad-Putin talks signal diplomatic push to end Syria crisis; Kerry-Lavrov to meet in Vienna https://t.co/0WYJOEbhwL pic.twitter.com/W9Qz2P4DN7

— Vienna Daily (@ViennaDaily) October 21, 2015

Russia and the US are at the table, just days after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a controversial visit to Moscow.

In Vienna, JohnKerry</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash">#Russia</a>&#39;s FM Lavrov looking for common ground on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Syria?src=hash">#Syria</a>&#39;s future - <a href="https://t.co/IAn2Y4i5Un">https://t.co/IAn2Y4i5Un</a> <a href="https://t.co/M3WZT0ko1P">pic.twitter.com/M3WZT0ko1P</a></p>&mdash; Voice of America (VOANews) October 23, 2015

Discussions about resolving the current surge of violence in Israel and the West Bank are also on the table.

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