Negotiators attend a talks between representatives of the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition in Moscow on January 28, 2015. The talks between opposition groups tolerated by Damascus and a Syrian delegation led by ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari came as Kurdish forces battled the Islamic State group around Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, after expelling them from the strategic town on the Turkish border. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV