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Former United States Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford at the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria at Bayan Palace on the outskirts of Kuwait City January 30, 2013. (Reuters/Stephanie McGehee)
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A Syrian refugee waves a revolutionary flag during a protest against any concessions his country’s opposition may make to the Syrian government at the Geneva peace talks at Zaatari camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
Opinion: Geneva III is also doomed
If a third Syrian–Syrian meeting is to be held in Geneva—whether over the next few months months or years from now—the likelihood is that it would end like its predecessors did in June 2012 and January and February 2014. I’m sorry, but there is no escaping this...Caption:
Haitham Al-Maleh, senior member of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria’s main political opposition group, leaves a meeting with UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Syrian opposition delegation member says Geneva II “pointless”
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With speculation mounting over a prospective third round of Geneva II peace talks between the Assad government and the Syrian National Coalition, opposition delegation member Haitham Al-Maleh described the talks as being “absurd, pointless and...Caption:
UN–Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is pictured during a press conference in the context of the second round of negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 15, 2014. (EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI)
Third Geneva round agreed but no date set as second round ends
Geneva, Reuters—International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people on Saturday for the lack of progress at peace talks in Geneva after their second round ended with little more than an agreement to meet again. The Algerian-born diplomat said the...Caption:
epa04076925 Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad speaks to the media during a news conference in the context of the second round of negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 14 February 2014. A second round of Syrian peace talks have reached a dead end, an opposition delegate said 14 February after a day of separate meetings between each side and UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI