Russia will not repeat U.S.'s Libyan mistakes in Syria: Putin

Russia was not going to repeat in Syria the mistakes made by the U.S. in Libya, President Vladimir Putin said here Thursday. The U.S. mistakes led to the assassination of their diplomats in Libya and the increasing ethnic and tribal conflicts in that war-torn country, Putin said. Russia was adamant the crisis in Syria must be settled by the Syrian people themselves, Putin told reporters during his annual press conference, which was attended by more than 1,200 domestic and foreign reporters.