A rebel fighter stands near a hole in the wall as he carries his weapon on the outskirts of Al-Bab town in Syria January 22, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
ASTANA (Reuters) - Syria's warring sides meet in Kazakhstan's capital on Monday with Russia, Turkey and Iran, sponsors of the talks, trying to make progress towards a goal others have repeatedly failed to reach: an end to the six-year-old conflict.
The talks are the first time the opposition and representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have come together since United Nations-brokered negotiations in Geneva were suspended early last year.
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