Syria doubts value of talks, air strikes useless without Damascus

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem on Friday questioned the value of political negotiations and said air strikes against militants in his country are useless if they are not coordinated with his government. "Air strikes are useless unless they are conducted in cooperation with the Syrian army, the only force in Syria that is combating terrorism," he told the 193-nation assembly. The 4-1/2-year civil war escalated this wee