U.N. envoy calls for avoiding collapse of Syria talks

A complete failure of the Syria peace talks is "always possible", but all efforts must be made to resolve the devastating conflict, the U.N. Special Envoy said on Tuesday. Staffan de Mistura, in an interview with Swiss television RTS, said that he would meet "different delegations" on Wednesday, without naming them, and that Russia and the United States both had an interest in resolving the five-year conflict. De Mistura, asked whether the negotiations in Geneva could be a complete failure, repl