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BBC OS: Syria Peace Talks Begin in Kazakhstan

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Syria Peace Talks Begin in Kazakhstan

23/01/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Syria Peace Talks Begin in Kazakhstan

It's the first time a team made up exclusively of armed rebel groups has joined talks

For the first time, the opposition delegation has been formed exclusively of representatives of armed groups.

It's the first time talks have been convened by Russia, Turkey and Iran rather than the United Nations. And it's also the first time representatives of Syria's armed rebel groups have led the opposition side at the negotiating table.  

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( A man works to prepare the Syria peace talks conference room in Astana Credit  Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

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