#syria #peace_talks turn to political questions
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UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi reacts during a press conference at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on January 26, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Fabrice Coffrini) #UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi reacts during a press conference at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on January 26, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Fabrice Coffrini)
A Syrian peace conference in Geneva is expected to intensify on Monday as talks turn to political questions and the opposition presses for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. The government has ruled out discussions of Assad leaving power and the first two days of the UN-sponsored talks focused on humanitarian issues. In the first tangible promise to emerge from the talks, UN (...)