Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held his first directs talks with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in a 50-minute meeting on Wednesday amid deepening tensions after U.S. missile strikes in Syria and Washington’s demands that Moscow abandon support for its main Middle East ally, reports The Washington Post.

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