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Syrian peace talks get another chance

Feb. 01, 2016 6:26 AM ETBy: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor2 Comments
  • Talks to end five years of war in Syria - that will see government and opposition representatives negotiate indirectly in Geneva - began this morning after barely averting a boycott by President Bashar al-Assad's opponents.
  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the negotiations "a pivotal phase" in the diplomatic effort to curb violence in the region.
  • Separately, Germany's Angela Merkel is trying to placate the increasingly vocal critics of her open-door policy for migrants by insisting that most Syrian and Iraqi refugees would go home once the conflicts there have ended.

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