The United States on Wednesday urged Syria's reluctant rebel and opposition groups to attend UN-mediated peace talks with President Bashar Al-Assad's regime without preconditions.<br />United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee, a rebel umbrella group, to send delegates to indirect talks in Geneva.<br />But the group, which is meeting in Riyadh, has yet to reply and a spokesman said it is waiting for "clarifications" on the guest list for the planned dialogue.<br />The Committee has insisted it must be the sole opposition delegation, while the United Nations has issued invitations to other groups it sees as regime opponents.
