GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The second round of Geneva II peace talks between the opposition Syrian Coalition and the Syrian regime began Monday.
United Nations-Arab League Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi, who mediated the first round of talks, is once again in the chief mediator. He met Monday with the opposition's chief negotiator, Mr. Hedi Albahra, and then with the Syrian Government delegation's chief negotiator, Ambassador Bashar Ja'fari, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.