This announcement came after a Kazak official said that a portion of Syria’s armed opposition would arrive in Astana on Wednesday to participate in the third round of peace talks, according to .
The talks, which will focus on the ceasefire that came into effect Dec. 30, have been brokered by Turkey, which backs the opposition, and Russia and Iran, who support Assad regime.
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry spokesman Anuar Zhainakov confirmed that Syrian armed opposition from the northern and southern fronts are expected to arrive in the capital Astana late Wednesday.
"Tomorrow Spokesman of opposition fighting groups’ delegation resigns The spokesperson of the opposition fighting groups’ delegation to Astana, Osama Abu Zeid, has resigned from his post, according to a tweet on his account. I apologize to my brothers, the commanders in the opposition military delegation, for bot being able to continue my work for special reasons and I do also apologize to the press for not giving any statement, the resigned spokesperson tweeted. Meanwhile, the Saudi al-Hadeth TV correspondent said that Mohammad Allous will head the opposition fighters’ delegation to Astana, but Orient Net could not verify the story. The head of opposition fighters’ delegation to Astana talks Muhammad Alloush reiterated yesterday that opposition would not attend the next round of Astana talks because none of commitments that Russia made regarding the ceasefire and halting the bombardment on the liberated areas had been met, in addition to the forced displacement imposed on the population of al-Waer neighborhood in Homs. A third round of talks on Syria kicked off on Tuesday in the Kazakh capital of Astana.
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