Monday, 23 January 2017

Syria - peace talks begin in Astana: euronews (in English)

Published on 22 Jan 2017
The first talks in a year between the two waring sides in the Syria conflict begin today (Jan 23) in the Kazakh capital of Astana.

Russia, Turkey and Iran are sponsoring the two day meeting. Russia faces a new set of challenges as it attempts to move from participant in the conflict to peace broker.

It's unclear if representatives of the Syrian government and rebels will hold face to face talks.

Opposition spokesman Yahya al-Aridi said there are two main objectives:

"First is the consolidat…
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