Syrian Civil War

Syria Peace Talks Falter After Rebels Boycott

Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) leader Nasr al-Hariri, center, arrives for a meeting of Intra Syria peace talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. (Philippe Desmazes/Keystone via AP, Pool)
After two relatively productive rounds of peace talks in Astana had many upbeat about the possibility of finally negotiating a settlement to the Syrian Civil War, the third round of talks began today and appear to be dead in the water, with no rebels in attendance.