Syrian civil activists demand talks on transition, ceasefire monitoring


  • World
  • Sunday, 26 Feb 2017

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syrian government delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian activists called on Sunday for the Assad government to engage in serious talks on political transition and for the United Nations to strengthen the fragile ceasefire as violence engulfed parts of the country.

U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said a militant attack in Homs on Saturday was a deliberate attempt to wreck the Geneva peace talks, while the warring sides traded blame and appeared no closer to actual negotiations.

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