Syrian peace talks in peril after opposition's chief negotiator quits

Mohammad Alloush said Geneva talks had failed to secure release of detainees or to push political transition without AssadThe prospects of a negotiated peace settlement in the Syrian civil war were dealt a serious blow when the opposition’s chief negotiator in UN-brokered talks in Geneva resigned, describing them as a waste of time on security and humanitarian fronts.Mohammed Alloush, a member of the Saudi-backed rebel group Jaysh al-Islam (army of Islam), condemned the international commu