US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks prior to a meeting to discuss the Syrian crisis with Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov on September 9, 2016, in Geneva. The United States and Russia will make a fresh bid to end the bloodshed in Syria on September 9, 2016 as Moscow-backed regime forces make new advances against rebel fighters on the ground. US Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Geneva for crunch talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, with Washington warning talks could not go on forever without a breakthrough. The two powers back opposite sides in the five-year conflict, with Moscow supporting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and the US behind the rebels. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / KEVIN LAMARQUEKEVIN LAMARQUE/AFP/Getty Images