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U.S.-Syria talks may be step toward thaw

The United States and Syria held a series of meetings this week, signaling a possible thaw between the two countries as the former seeks to peel the latter from its close ties with Iran. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=95WgUd"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=95WgUd" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=pFUaM"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=pFUaM" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=mpodM"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=mpodM" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=PMgLm"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=PMgLm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=kLW3M"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=kLW3M" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=neuQm"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=neuQm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/408826686" height="1" width="1"/>