Syrian talks delayed while UN seeks agreement on participants

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The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, confirmed that a “stalemate” over participants had caused the conference, due to begin yesterday, to be pushed back. He said that he would send out invitations today but declined to confirm whether Islamist rebel groups Ahrar al-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam – whose presence is strongly opposed by Syria and its allies in Moscow – would be included.

 

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