Syrian "rebels" freeze peace talks amid truce abuses

About 10 Syrian "rebel" groups announced Monday they were suspending talks about planned peace negotiations this month in the Kazakh capital Astana, due to "violations" by Damascus of a four-day old truce.


"As these violations are continuing, the "rebel" factions announce... the freezing of all discussion linked to the Astana negotiations," they said in a joint statement, referring to talks planned for late January organised by Russia, which supports the Syrian regime, and Turkey and Iran which back the "rebels".
 [alarabiya.net/france24.com/AFP]
3/1/17
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