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UN Envoy: Restarting Syrian Peace Talks Hinges on US-Russian Talks

U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura says a resumption of the stalled intra-Syrian peace talks is likely to hinge on the outcome of bilateral talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, scheduled for Friday. The United Nations is aiming to get a third round of Syrian peace talks under way by the end of this month. Two previous rounds have ended in failure. As this deadline nears, U.N. Special Envoy for Syria...

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