Syria's Bashar Assad assures Vladimir Putin in phone call on truce details
Syria's Bashar Assad assures Vladimir Putin in phone call on truce details by Zeina Karam Wednesday February 24 th , 2016 at 10:15 AM Www.Washingtontimes.Com Stories: Security 1 Share BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian president on Wednesday assured Russia's Vladimir Putin of Damascus' commitment to a Russia-U.S. proposed truce, even as a spokesman for a Saudi-backed alliance of Syrian opposition and rebel factions expressed "major concerns" about the ceasefire, due to begin later this week. Salem Al Meslet, spokesman ... D.C. looks to communist Cuba for lessons to improve literacy by Ryan M. McDermott Wednesday February 24 th , 2016 at 10:15 AM Www.Washingtontimes.Com Stories: Security 1 Share The D.C. Public Schools System is looking to Cuba for lessons to improve literacy in the nation's capital. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson have toured sever