Russia, U.S. End Syria Peace Talks With No Results

U.S. and Russia peace talks on Syria held in Geneva on Tuesday ended in failure, according to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov.

The two sides held the talks to set up a peace conference to end the ongoing civil war in Syria but the two governments failed to agree on many points including dates and delegations for the conference, reported Reuters.

Both the countries will decide on how to go forward on the matter once the delegates return to their respective capitals.

After the five-hour talk, which was brokered by the U.N., the Russian foreign minister told reporters that there was no agreement regarding who will represent the Syrian opposition and whether Iran will be allowed to attend the conference or not.

As the talks brokered by the U.N. have failed, now all hopes are centered upon an upcoming meeting between the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, which will be held next week.

Further talks regarding the Syria peace conference are expected to follow, according to a statement issued by the United Nations.

The situation in Syria seems to be getting worse with Russia and Iran the main supplier of weapons to the Syrian government under President Assad's regime and the United States and Western European powers backing the rebels in the country.

More than 100,000 people have been killed in the civil war so far, according to the United Nations.

Recently, the White House announced that the U.S. government was considering direct military aid to the rebels following reports of the Assad government using chemical weapons against the rebels.

If the peace talks on Syria continue to fail, it is likely that more bloodshed and loss of lives will occur in the country in the coming months.

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