21:01, 28-Jan-2018
Syria Conflict: Main opposition to boycott peace talks in Russia
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Monday's Syria peace talks in the Russian city of Sochi are in jeopardy after authorities in Syria's Kurdish autonomous region said they will not attend, due to Turkey's offensive in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin.
Their announcement comes after a number of rebel groups said they also wouldn't attend, and an accusation from the opposition that the government lacked honesty. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to send his Syria peace negotiator to the scheduled talks. The Syrian war has stretched into its seventh year, and has killed hundreds of thousands of people.