Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem awaits the peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
GENEVA (Reuters) - When Syria's political foes met across a negotiating table for the first time in nearly three years of conflict, the top priority was to keep them from walking out.
Diplomats had talked up the importance of getting the two sides in the same room in Geneva, but at one point things were so bad that it looked like that room might be the departure lounge at the city's airport.
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