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Assad future blocks progress in Syria peace talks

By Zeina Karam
Published January 28, 2014 10:29am ET
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Assad future blocks progress in Syria peace talks
Monzer Akbik, center, a Syrian opposition spokesman, briefs journalists at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Akbik said the coalition was still determined to stay for the political talks set to begin Monday despite accusing the government of stalling. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) | Anja Niedringhaus

GENEVA (AP) — The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Monday in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as “a dialogue of the deaf.”

The chief U.N. mediator expressed frustration over inflammatory public remarks by the two sides as he sought to identify some less-contentious issues in hopes of achieving any progress at all at the bargaining table.

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