Putin 's op-ed is `` irrelevant '' and he `` needs to deliver '' on Syria , U.S. official says . U.S.-funded weapons began reaching Syrian rebels 2 weeks ago , official says . `` I think it 's unlikely the Russian government is going to relent on this issue of whether or not it would support the use of force in a security council resolution , '' said Nicholas Burns , a former senior State Department official now at Harvard University 's Kennedy School of Government . In a New York Times op-ed , Putin says striking Syria will hurt the region and world . Score: 6
Putin 's op-ed is `` irrelevant '' and he `` needs to deliver '' on Syria , U.S. official says . U.S.-funded weapons began reaching Syrian rebels 2 weeks ago , official says . In a New York Times op-ed , Putin says striking Syria will hurt the region and world . Score: 6