New round of Geneva peace talks on Syria ends without any "real negotiations"

Head of the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) Nasr al-Hariri (C) attends a round of negotiation with UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura (not pictured), during the Intra-Syria talks, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 14, 2017. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)