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Little consensus ahead of Syrian peace talks

2014-01-09 33 Dailymotion

It was all smiles as members of the Syrian opposition pose for a class photo as they meet in Spain.<br /> <br />After close to nearly three years of war the opposition has fractured into competing groups with different regional backers.<br /> <br />The West is seeking a unified body of opposition members to attend the so-called "Geneva 2" peace talks later this month aimed at ending the war.<br /> <br />As disparate groups met in Spain they found little common cause.<br /> <br />Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER, JOSE MANUEL GARCIA MARGALLO, SAYING:<br /> <br />"I have ascertained as I have in past meetings both in Spain and abroad that there isn't a unanimous position for the Geneva conference of January 22."<br /> <br />In Damascus as demonstrators gather outside the UN office decrying the lack of action over the course of the conflict, another opposition leader weighs in.<br /> <br />Louay Hussein who heads the Building the State of Opposition Party,

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