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Monday 22 Feb 2016 - 20:32 Makkah mean time-13-5-1437
Part of Syrian oppositin meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (BBC file photo)
Riyadh (IINA) – Syrian main opposition umbrella group was meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.
"There is a meeting," Monzer Makhous, a spokesman for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), told AFP in Riyadh. The meeting is expected to continue for two or three days to discuss developments since the group decided to attend peace talks in Geneva last month, Makhous said.
World powers, which have been pushing for a halt to Syria's nearly five-year war, had hoped to see a truce take effect last Friday but have struggled to agree on the terms.
The opposition meeting comes days before the due date for the resumption of negotiations between the regime and the opposition before.
The opposition stressed the need to achieve basic conditions before starting the negotiations, including a cessation of bombing, and access for humanitarian aid to the besieged areas.
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