Russia to host Syria talks in April | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR - 0 views
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MOSCOW: Moscow said Thursday it would host talks between representatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and opposition figures in April, three months after a meeting between the parties which ended without any concrete results.
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Moscow - one of Assad's few remaining allies - is trying to kickstart dialogue between the warring parties in a bid to end nearly four years of civil war that has claimed more than 200,000 lives since 2011
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Two rounds of talks in Geneva ended without success, the last of which took place in February 2014.
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