Syrians talk aid and prisoners as mortars hit Homs
Source: AP-Excite
By ZEINA KARAM
GENEVA (AP) - Syrians on opposite sides of their country's civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attacks from the government.
Once again the delegation for President Bashar Assad complained that the talks are avoiding the main issues and questioned their usefulness.
The proposed convoy of aid to Homs, Syria, which has been under government attack for more than a year, would provide a tangible success for a peace conference beset from the start by low expectations.
But the opposition accused the government of "stalling" and said no progress had been made yet.
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Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi gestures as he gives a short press briefing upon his arrival to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Syria's government and opposition face each other for the second time Sunday, buffered by a U.N. mediator hoping to guide them to a resolution of the country's devastating civil war. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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