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Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:29 AM

Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, a member of the Syrian government delegation, speaks to a journalist upon his arrival for the first meeting face-to-face with Syrian opposition delegation and the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (not pictured) at a U.N. office in Geneva January 25, 2014. International mediator Brahimi ended talks with the Syrian government delegation on Friday after less than an hour, two security officials said. Syria's civil war foes held their first meeting in the same room in the presence of international mediator Brahimi on Saturday after a day's delay and fierce recriminations. REUTERS/ Stringer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:23 AM

Bashar Jaafari, the Syrian government's ambassador to the United Nations and a member of the Syrian government delegation, speaks to journalists upon his arrival for the first meeting face-to-face with the Syrian opposition delegation and the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (not pictured) at a U.N. office in Geneva January 25, 2014. Syria's civil war foes held their first meeting in the same room in the presence of international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi on Saturday after a day's delay and fierce recriminations. REUTERS/ Stringer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:10 AM

Members of the Syrian opposition delegation Anas al-Abdah (L) and Hadi al-Bahra (C) speak to journalists as they arrive for their first meeting face-to-face with Syrian government delegation and the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (not pictured) at a U.N. office in Geneva January 25, 2014. Syria's civil war foes held their first meeting in the same room in the presence of international mediator Brahimi on Saturday after a day's delay and fierce recriminations. The talks in Geneva aimed to launch political negotiations on ending Syria's nearly three-year conflict, which has killed 130,000 people, displaced over third of Syria's 22 million population and destabilised the wider region. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MEDIA)

Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:02 AM

Members of Syrian opposition delegation Rima Fleihan (L), and Suheir Attasi (2nd L) and Abdulahad Astepho (3rd L) speak to a journalist as they arrive for their first meeting face to face with Syrian government delegation and U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (not pictured) at a U.N. office in Geneva January 25, 2014. Syria's civil war foes held their first meeting in the same room in the presence of international mediator Brahimi on Saturday after a day's delay and fierce recriminations. The talks in Geneva aimed to launch political negotiations on ending Syria's nearly three-year conflict, which has killed 130,000 people, displaced over third of Syria's 22 million population and destabilized the wider region. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST MEDIA)