Syrian Sides Continue Talks, Near End of First Round

Delegates from the Syrian government and opposition are continuing their peace talks Thursday with international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who says the two sides remain willing to meet despite a large gap between them. Brahimi expects the initial round of the long-awaited negotiations in Geneva to end Friday, with an agreement to resume the talks again about a week later. He said Wednesday he does not expect to achieve "anything substantive" by Friday and hopes that the next...

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