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February 14, 2014

U.N. Envoy Meets with Russia, U.S. as Talks Face Collapse 
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United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met with top U.S. and Russian
envoys on Thursday in a bid to save the faltering Syrian peace talks
from collapse. Brahimi says he won pledges from both sides to push for a
breakthrough between the Assad regime and Syrian rebels, but declined to
offer specifics.

Lakhdar Brahimi: "They have kindly reaffirmed their support for what we
are trying to do and promised that they will help both here and in their
capitals and elsewhere to unblock the situation for us, because until
now we are not making much progress in this process."

Human rights activists say Syria has endured its deadliest violence so
far in the three weeks since peace talks began, with an average of 236
people killed per day.

 

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