UN envoy sends invitations to Syria peace talks in Geneva
Posted January 26, 2016 6:00 am
GENEVA (AP) - The office of the U.N. special envoy for Syria says it has sent out invitations for peace talks later this week in Geneva - though it won't specify to whom.
The invitations Tuesday come a day after special envoy Staffan de Mistura announced plans to host peace talks starting on Friday between government and opposition representatives as well as members of civil society and women's groups.
The talks are aimed at ending a nearly five-year conflict that has left more than 250,000 dead.
Khawla Mattar, a spokeswoman for de Mistura, told The Associated Press he would not make public the numbers and identities of the invitees until his office gets "feedback from the invited parties" - a sign of the delicacy of his task.
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at the scene where twin bombs exploded at a government-run security checkpoint, at the neighborhood of Zahraa, in Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Homs governor Talal Barrazi said on Tuesday that a car bomb, which was followed by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive, killed more than a dozen people and injured many others. (SANA via AP)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at the scene where twin bombs exploded at a government-run security checkpoint, at the neighborhood of Zahraa, in Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Homs governor Talal Barrazi said on Tuesday that a car bomb, which was followed by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive, killed more than a dozen people and injured many others. (SANA via AP)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at the scene where twin bombs exploded at a government-run security checkpoint, at the neighborhood of Zahraa, in Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Homs governor Talal Barrazi said on Tuesday that a car bomb, which was followed by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive, killed more than a dozen people and injured many others. (SANA via AP)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at the scene where twin bombs exploded at a government-run security checkpoint, at the neighborhood of Zahraa, in Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Homs governor Talal Barrazi said on Tuesday that a car bomb, which was followed by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive, killed more than a dozen people and injured many others. (SANA via AP)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at the scene where twin bombs exploded at a government-run security checkpoint, at the neighborhood of Zahraa, in Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, Jan 26, 2016. Homs governor Talal Barrazi said on Tuesday that a car bomb, which was followed by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive, killed more than a dozen people and injured many others. (SANA via AP)
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