GENEVA: The United Nations reopens its Syria peace talks on Tuesday but the Damascus government’s last minute announcement that it may not come to Geneva delivered a blow to the already faltering negotiations.

The eighth round of talks were seen as a chance for the UN to revitalize its push to end the six-year war, which has killed more than 340,000 people and left Syria in ruin.

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