Russian president appeals to Americans in New York Times article claiming intervention would unleash more terror President Barack Obama meets Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has warned against US military intervention in Syria, writing in what he called a direct address “to the American people and their political leaders” that it could “increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism”. Syria was not witnessing a battle for democracy but “an armed conflict between government and opposition in a multi-religious country”, Putin said, in a New York Times comment piece repeating assertions that rebels rather…

Russian president appeals to Americans in New York Times article claiming intervention would unleash more terror President Barack Obama meets Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has warned against US military intervention in Syria, writing in what he called a direct address “to the American people and their political leaders” that it could “increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism”. Syria was not witnessing a battle for democracy but “an armed conflict between government and opposition in a multi-religious country”, Putin said, in a New York Times comment piece repeating assertions that rebels rather…