HNC Chief Negotiator, Delegation Head Leave April Round of Peace Talks

© REUTERS / Denis BalibouseMembers of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Asaad Al-Zoubi (L) and Mohamed Alloush of the Jaysh al Islam talk before a news conference aside of Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, April 19, 2016.
Members of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Asaad Al-Zoubi (L) and Mohamed Alloush of the Jaysh al Islam talk before a news conference aside of Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, April 19, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Chief negotiator of the Riyadh-backed Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) delegation Mohammed Alloush and delegation's head Asaad al-Zoubi are leaving Geneva, quitting the ongoing round of intra-Syrian talks, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi - Sputnik International
Syrian PM: Current Round of Peace Talks Not Failure Despite HNC Recess
GENEVA (Sputnik) — A source close to HNC told Sputnik earlier that there was a split in the HNC delegation over the necessity to continue the talks.

Some HNC members have already left Geneva.

On Monday, the HNC asked UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to suspend their participation in the ongoing round of talks, blaming Damascus for violating the cessation of hostilities on the ground in Syria.

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