Brahimi To Meet Assad

• Syria sides to meet but peace talks may not take off

  After a day's delay and repeated bitter recriminations, the warring sides in Syria will hold their first joint meeting on Saturday to launch talks aimed at ending almost three years of conflict.

• Syrian enemies may discuss prisoner swaps despite talks acrimony

  Syria's government and opposition, meeting for the first time, vented their mutual hostility on Wednesday but a U.N. mediator said the enemies may be ready to discuss prisoner swaps, local ceasefires and humanitarian aid.

• Peace envoy Brahimi meets Syrian President Assad

  International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday, hoping to breathe life into stalled peace efforts, 18 months into Syria's deadly conflict.

• Syria envoy to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad Assad: UN chief

  International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is due to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a visit to Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. The U.N. chief reiterated his call for the Security Council to take action on Syria and for world powers to use their influence over the two warring sides to halt the 17 months of violen...