Next dialogue on Syria expected after February 10

Peace talks between Syria’s regime and opposition have made slim progress, but have raised hopes for a solution to the country’s civil war, U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said Jan. 30, announcing that the next round of talks will be held from Feb. 10.

“This is a very modest beginning, but it is a beginning on which we can build,” Brahimi told reporters after a week of closed-door negotiations wrapped up in Geneva.

Meanwhile, Syria’s regime  vowed not to give any ground in peace talks with the opposition, as a first week of negotiations wrapped up with no concrete progress.