UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura leaves a hotel following informal talks with Syria's opposition delegation, on November 28, 2017 in Geneva. Talks aimed at ending the war in Syria restarted on November 28 with the Damascus regime enforcing its will, warning the United Nations it would not tolerate any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad's ouster from power. Assad's negotiators did not travel to Geneva for the opening of the UN-backed talks, delivering another blow to the negotiations that have achieved little through seven previous rounds. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
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