UN Special Envoy Starts Meeting With Hmeymim Group of Syrian Opposition

© REUTERS / Denis BalibouseU.N. mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura leaves after a news conference after a meeting with a delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) during Syria peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 17, 2016.
U.N. mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura leaves after a news conference after a meeting with a delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) during Syria peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 17, 2016. - Sputnik International
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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura has launched talks with the Syrian opposition delegation formed at Hmeymim air facility, a Sputnik correspondent reported Friday.

A Kurdish man waves a large flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) political wing, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), during a demonstration against the exclusion of Syrian-Kurds from the Geneva talks in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on February 4, 2016 - Sputnik International
Kurds' Decision on Syrian Federalization Far From Reality - Hmeymim Group
GENEVA (Sputnik) — The delegation arrived in Geneva on Wednesday to participate in intra-Syrian talks between Damascus and the opposition, which had resumed on March 14.

On Thursday, Ilian Masaad, the head of the Hmeymim group of the Syrian opposition, told Sputnik that the new Constitution for Syria drafted by the group envisages creation of a mixed parliamentarian-presidential republic.

Since 2011, Syria has been mired in a civil war, with government forces fighting a number of extremist militant groups and opposition factions.

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