The United States says it is making efforts to convince an important Syrian opposition group to join the peace talks planned for next month in Geneva.
"There have been many ups and downs in this process. And that's not unexpected given how challenging the situation is on the ground," US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Tuesday.
"But ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed doubts that the West will be successful in getting the Syrian opposition to take part in the Geneva-2 peace conference, which he expects to take place in mid-November.
Lavrov, stressing that this needs to happen, suggested that getting rational members of the opposition on board is ...