The U.S. and Russia Come Together on Syria

Following an eruption of violence in Syria, Russia and the U.S. jointly requested a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the developing crisis, according to Dmitry Polyanskiy, a top Russian envoy to the UN. That the two adversaries proposed the meeting, which was scheduled for March 10 in New York, is extraordinary, considering how tense their relations had become in recent years.