Syria peace talks hit snags as US urges rivals to act

Syrian peace talks ran into trouble Sunday with the government delegation denouncing opposition negotiators as "not serious" as Washington urged both sides to seize the moment to end five years of bloodshed. The talks began in Switzerland on January 29 although the main umbrella opposition group, the Higher Negotiations Committee (HNC), only showed up on Saturday night when it outlined a host of conditions before it would agree to join the so-called proximity talks.