30-01-2016 15:35 via news.yahoo.com

Main Syrian opposition team heads to Geneva as peace talks open

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Stephanie Nebehay AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) - A delegation from Syria's main opposition group flew to Geneva on Saturday to assess whether to join Damascus government officials in United Nations-brokered peace talks, an opposition representative said. The 17-strong team included the head of the Saudi-backed Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC), which includes political and militant opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's five-year civil war. The HNC h
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