Syria's government has issued an ultimatum to a UN mediator hoping to broker peace in the country's civil war by vowing to leave if 'serious talks' do not begin by tomorrow. The government delegation that travelled to Geneva met for less than 90 minutes today with UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, as part of a peace conference that has been on the verge of falling apart ever since it was conceived. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told Brahimi that if 'serious talks don't begin Saturday, the official Syrian delegation will have to leave because the other party is not serious or ready,' according to Syrian state television.
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Syrian delegation handed ultimatum to UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi
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Claim they will leave 'because the other party is not serious or ready'
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Government blames Syrian National Coalition for faltering talks
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Geneva talks seen as best hope to end bloody three-year civil war
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Bloodshed continues, with another 16 dead following air raid in Aleppo
Troubles continue: As peace talks falter in @placeholder, a reported air strike in Aleppo has left 16 people dead