LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union urged Russia on Monday to halt its aerial bombing campaign in Syria but the bloc's 28 member states failed to agree among themselves on whether President Bashar al-Assad should have any role in ending the crisis.
Seeking a common front in their criticism of Russia's dramatic military intervention in Syria, EU foreign ministers warned that air strikes designed to support Assad could also deepen the 4-1/2-year civil war that has killed 250,000 people.
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