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June 26, 2013

U.S., Russia Fail to Agree on Syria Conference 
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The rift over Edward Snowden comes as the United States and Russia
continue to split over the crisis in Syria. A round of talks in Geneva
on Tuesday ended with no agreement on when to hold an international
peace conference and who to invite. The two sides have clashed over
whether to include Iran in the talks and which parties would represent
the Syrian opposition. The U.N. envoy to Syria, Lakdar Brahimi, said
differences among Syrian rebels would delay any potential conference at
least through July.

Lakdar Brahimi: "I doubt whether the conference will take place in July.
The opposition are — they are meeting — the next meeting, I
think, is on the 4th and 5th of July, so I don't think they will be
ready."

According to the United Nations, more than 93,000 people have died and
some 1.7 million people have been displaced since the Syrian conflict
erupted in March 2011.

 

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