U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sits beside U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) sits beside U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014. An international conference on Syria ended on Wednesday, with Ban calling on both Syrian delegations to work sincerely for a solution to the nearly three-year-old conflict. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014. An international conference on Syria ended on Wednesday, with Ban calling on both Syrian delegations to work sincerely for a solution to the nearly three-year-old conflict. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS HEADSHOT CONFLICT)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sits beside U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sits beside U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014. An international conference on Syria ended on Wednesday, with Ban calling on both Syrian delegations to work sincerely for a solution to the nearly three-year-old conflict. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sits beside U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sits beside U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014. An international conference on Syria ended on Wednesday, with Ban calling on both Syrian delegations to work sincerely for a solution to the nearly three-year-old conflict. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)
Free Syrian Army fighters rest in front of graffiti in the old city of Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters rest in front of a graffiti that reads 'Surely your Lord's assault is strict indeed' in the old city of Aleppo January 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Brahimi to meet two Syrian sides on Thursday
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Free Syrian Army fighters stand along a deserted street filled with garbage and rubble in the old city of Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters stand along a deserted street filled with garbage and rubble in the old city of Aleppo January 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A general view shows Aleppo's historic citadel, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad
A general view shows Aleppo's historic citadel, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad January 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Russia's Lavrov says Syrian rivals vowed to hold direct talks
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks to Swiss President Didier Burkhalter as they wait for lunch during a break in the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) talks to Swiss President Didier Burkhalter as they wait for lunch during a break in the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014. Syria's government and opposition, meeting for the first time, angrily spelled out their mutual hostility on Wednesday at a U.N. peace conference where world powers also offered sharply divergent views on forcing out Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)