UN Sponsored Peace Talks Between Syrian Government and Opposition Begin in Geneva
(WorldNews Switzerland)

For the first time in almost a year, talks between the Syrian government and the opposition resumed in Geneva following weeks of negotiations and preparations for the event, according to BBC News. `Am I expecting a breakthrough? No, I am not expecting a breakthrough,` Staffan de Mistura told reporters on Wednesday, adding that he hoped the meeting could maintain `a very proactive momentum` for further talks. The opposition said that the future of President Bashar al-Assad is on their agenda along with a desire for another election but the government has refused to discuss that issue so far. In the past year the rebels lost their key area of East Aleppo in December and a national ceasefire...