Shared moment of silence but little headway at Syria talks

With the aid of Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Opposing facets in Syria's civil struggle stood collectively in silence to honor victims of the three 12 months war on Thursday, but week-outdated peace talks had been still caught on the query of proceed with just sooner or later left sooner than they head residence. The US mentioned on Thursday it was concerned that Syria was once falling at the back of in a time table to ship out its chemical weapons stockpiles to be destroyed. Reuters said on Wednesday that Syria had given up lower than 5 p.c of its chemical weapons arsenal and can omit a time limit next week to send all poisonous agents out of the country for destruction. The primary talks between President Bashar al-Assad's govt and his foes had been mired in rhetoric considering they started out per week ago in Geneva.