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Syria opposition agrees to send united delegation to Geneva talks

Syria's fragmented opposition reached an agreement to send a united delegation to next week's UN-brokered peace talks. The announcement came on the second day of a Saudi-sponsored meeting in Riyadh, where around 140 opposition figures are gathered to unify their ranks before direct talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Geneva on November 28.<br/><br/>Several rounds of talks hosted by the United Nations have failed to bring an end to the six-year war in Syria, which has killed more than 330,000 people since 2011 and forced millions from their homes. On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the leaders of Iran and Turkey for a key trilateral summit aimed at finding a political settlement of Syria's conflict. Mr Putin also met with Assad this week.

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