Hadi al-Bahra (R), head of the Syrian National Coalition, and Syrian opposition member Haitham al-Maleh, who is standing next to him, talk to the media at the Arab League after their meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Araby (not in picture) in Cairo December 27, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
BEIRUT/CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria said on Saturday it was willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year to end its civil war but the Western-backed opposition dismissed the initiative.
Two rounds of peace talks this year in Geneva failed to halt the conflict which has killed 200,000 people during more than three years of violence and there was little sign of the latest move gaining traction.
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