UN Envoy: Start of Syria Peace Talks in Doubt

The United Nations wants to convene a new round of Syrian peace talks on Monday, but with only days remaining and no agreement on who should participate there are doubts about whether the negotiations will begin as scheduled. Staffan de Mistura, the U.N.'s envoy for Syria announced last month that he wanted to begin the talks, which are aimed at setting up a transitional government, on January 25 in Geneva. De Mistura has the support of a group of 17 nations, including the United...

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