Members of the Syrian government and some opposition groups concluded talks Friday in Russia with no signs of progress on how to end the four-year civil war. It was the second round of largely unfruitful Syrian peace negotiations hosted this year by Russia, a close ally of embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Following the talks, opposition leader Qadri Jamil, who leads Syria's Popular Front for Change and Liberation, spoke of the need for a new international peace conference. Another opposition delegate, Samir Aita, disagreed, according to Reuters, which quoted him as saying Assad has "missed his chance" for a political solution. The Russia-mediated talks were attended by Damascus officials, but were not attended by the main, Western-backed Syrian National Coalition opposition group. A pair of United Nations-sponsored international conferences in Geneva, Switzerland have failed to stop the Syrian civil war, which has killed more than 220,000 people. As the fighting continues, Islamic State fighters have gained ground, and now control significant parts of northeastern Syria, as well as parts of northern Iraq. Material for this report came from AP and Reuters.
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