Syrian Rebels Announce Freeze Of Talks About Peace Negotiations

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Syrian rebels announce freeze of talks about peace negotiations

BEIRUT, Jan 3 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd Jan, 2017 ) - About 10 Syrian rebel groups announced Monday they were suspending talks about planned peace negotiations this month in the Kazakh capital Astana, due to "violations" by Damascus of a four-day old truce.

"As these violations are continuing, the rebel factions announce... the freezing of all discussion linked to the Astana negotiations," they said in a joint statement, referring to talks planned for late January organised by Russia.