Syria govt digs in heels on Assad as U.N. ups pressure

The U.N. attach� to Syria Monday put some-more vigour on a regime to make petrify proposals on domestic transition, as Damascus stonewalled any negotiations about a predestine of President Bashar Assad.

The corner on a essential emanate of combining a transitory Syrian supervision came as assent talks in Geneva entered a second week, with United Nations go-between Staffan de Mistura underscoring a need to make gains before negotiations postponement Thursday.

Assad’s predestine is by distant a many daunting barrier in a talks directed during finale a heartless 5-year-old war, that has killed some-more than 270,000 people and replaced millions.

Speaking to reporters after meeting, Jaafari pronounced a domestic transition and Assad’s destiny were “two apart issues”.

Negotiations were rattled final week by Russia’s warn preference to repel many of a infantry from Syria, a pierce experts pronounced could assistance a assent expostulate by weakening Assad’s position.

The allege has been “slow” notwithstanding some 800 airstrikes by Russia and a Syrian regime this month alone.

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