White House: supports political solution to end Syria crisis

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WASHINGTON | Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:02pm GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it supported a political solution that would stop the violence in Syria after Russia's Foreign Ministry said Syria agreed to Russian-brokered negotiations over the crisis.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost control of his country and his regime would fall.

(Reporting by Laura MacInnis and Jeff Mason)

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