Kerry to meet Putin to push Syria peace plan

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed hope Tuesday that Washington and Russia could find "common ground" on Syria as he prepared to meet President Vladimir Putin for high-stakes talks in the Kremlin. Bringing his campaign to end the bloody Syrian civil war to Moscow and keep the fragile peace process on track, Kerry first held talks with his usual sparring partner Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Kerry and the UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, want to hold the next round of Syrian peac