WASHINGTON - As Syria peace talks begin in Geneva, America's key partners on the ground feel neglected, excluded and increasingly receptive to a man who says the U.S. has the war-torn country all wrong - Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Members of the Kurdish internal security forces (known as the Asayish) check a vehicle on January 25, 2016 in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli.