The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 17, 2015 U.S. and Russia Set to Hold Military-to-Military Talks on Syria ---------------------------------------------------------------- In other news on Syria, the Obama administration is planning to accept Russia's offer to have direct talks between the U.S. and Russian militaries following reports Russia is building up forces in Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. officials say they expect the military-to-military talks will begin in the coming days. .