UN Invite to Iran Throws Syria Peace Talks Into Doubt

Syria's main Western-backed opposition has threatened to sit out a peace conference this week aimed at ending the country's civil war unless the United Nations retracts its last-minute decision to invite Iran.The Syrian National Coalition said it would not attend the talks unless the U.N. withdraws the invitation to Iran by 1900 GMT Monday.France and Saudi Arabia joined the United States in rejecting Iran's participation in the Geneva 2 peace talks - scheduled to open Wednesday...

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