Syria peace talks in peril before they even start

The future of the biggest push to date to end Syria's brutal civil war looked highly uncertain Sunday with the main opposition group threatening to walk away before planned peace talks even begin in earnest. Representatives from the umbrella body for mainstream opposition groups, who arrived in Geneva late Saturday, are refusing for now to enter the hoped-for talks with President Bashar al-Assad's government. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC), set to meet with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura on