Washington (CNN) State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert struggled to describe specific steps the State Department and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are taking to end the violence in Syria at the agency's briefing on Thursday, exclaiming, "I don't know what some of you expect us to do," while arguing that the administration is "fully engaged." "I don't know what some of you expect us to do," she said. I don't know what more you expect us to do." Without Russia backing Syria, the devastation and the deaths would certainly not be occurring," Nauert said. "And as we all know, they are backed by not only Russia, but also Iran."

Source: CNN February 23, 2018 02:03 UTC