Syria foes meet for final talks as peace process flounders
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Syria’s warring sides were meeting in Geneva Saturday in a last-ditch effort to save deadlocked peace talks amid fears that they could collapse altogether. The second round of talks appeared close to fizzling out on Friday, but UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi at the last moment invited the two sides to come back for a final joint meeting Saturday morning. After days of discussions, the rivals stood further apart than ever, seeming to agree on only one thing: that the negotiations were going nowhere. read more