Published December 18, 2017
Syrian President Bashar Assad says three years of U.N.-brokered peace talks have yielded "nothing," in part because the opposition does not represent anyone and is merely a "vocal phenomenon."
Assad spoke to reporters Monday after the latest round of talks in Geneva ended without making any progress toward ending the nearly seven-year civil war. The U.N. envoy to Syria has criticized the government, which refuses to discuss anything besides fighting terrorism.
The opposition has long called for a transitional period in which Assad would have no role, something the government refuses to even discuss.
Assad praised an alternative track of negotiations hosted by Russia, a close ally whose military intervention since 2015 has tipped the war in his favor.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/assad-says-years-of-syria-talks-have-yielded-nothing