29-01-2016 21:10 via news.yahoo.com

Syrian opposition to join Geneva talks: delegate

Syria's largest mainstream opposition group will attend UN-brokered talks in Geneva, a senior delegate told AFP on Friday after four days of discussions in Riyadh. The delegate said the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee will send "about 30, 35 people" in all to Geneva, where talks got underway Friday. Asaad al-Zoabi, head of the HNC delegation, told Sky News Arabia that the opposition had received the guarantees it sought for an end to bombardment of civilians, and aid access to besieged
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