Syria peace talks hit trouble after Damascus blast kills 60


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to a question during a news conference after the North American Foreign Ministers Meeting in Quebec City, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's main opposition group met U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura for the first time on Sunday, but the talks ran straight into trouble after Islamic State bombers killed more than 60 people near the country's holiest Shi'ite shrine.

Representatives of the Saudi-backed Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC) - which includes political and militant opponents of President Bashar al-Assad - warned they may yet walk away from the Geneva talks unless the suffering of civilians in the five-year conflict is eased.

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