DAMASCUS: The death toll in Syria’s civil war has topped 136,000 after January saw one of the conflict’s bloodiest months as violence claimed yet more civilian lives.

The prospects of a peaceful outcome looked dim after 10 days of talks in Geneva yielded no tangible results and the regime said it was unsure whether it would return to the negotiating table.

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