UN Syria Mediator: Peace Talks to Convene Jan. 25

The United Nations said on Saturday it aims to bring together  Syria's warring parties on Jan. 25 in Geneva to begin talks to try to end nearly five years of civil war. U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura plans to convene representatives of the Syrian government and "the broadest possible spectrum of the Syrian opposition and others," his spokesman said in a statement. "He counts on full cooperation of all the relevant Syrian parties in this process....

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