Resumption of peace talks on Syria

geneva - The United Nations on Thursday in Geneva hosted peace talks on the civil war in Syria. The meeting with stakeholders was demolished without concrete results in April 2016.

The parties are the same, but the political context has changed. The United States have a new leader. In Turkey, the situation is different since the failed coup in July. President Assad of Syria, with help from Russia and Iran, who both sit down, the battlefield given a new look. Biggest change was the reconquest of Aleppo on the rebels.

The demands of the Syrian parties are unchanged. While there is a cease-fire is valid, will be in Switzerland, the rebels ask for the release of prisoners and, most important, change in the political situation: Assad must go.

The Syrian government wants to see all branded as terrorists rebels who took up arms to resign and then allowed to talk only about a political solution.