Syrian opposition will ‘strive to join political process’

But both opposition and government representatives have since said talks have not in fact begun, and fighting on the ground has raged on without constraint. How many of them will there be – two, three, four?

The chief negotiator of the opposition’s High Negotiations Committee meanwhile said he was pessimistic about the talks.

A United Nations source said de Mistura had promised to make that list available by Wednesday. All previous diplomatic efforts have failed to stop the war. However, at the moment de Mistura’s talks with the delegation of the opposition have not been confirmed.

Still, the odds against success are formidable.

Al-Hussein added that the United Nations has a principled position that “no amnesties should be considered” for those suspected of having committed crimes against humanity or war crimes.

Global powers should immediately begin talks on how to enforce a ceasefire, he said.

The aid delivery appears to be an attempt toward a goodwill gesture after U.N.-mediated indirect peace talks got off to a rocky start in Geneva this week.

Meetings have taken place at the summit between Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson and U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Michael Ratney, who have reportedly discussed their support for the peace talks.

The crisis won’t be easy to resolve.

Talks, which may be long and hard, are the only way to resolve the Syrian issue. There are still no plans for the two sides to meet face-to-face.

The blasts were claimed by Islamic State, the extremist group that is running swathes of Syria and Iraq and which has launched attacks worldwide, including in Paris in November when 130 people were murdered.

The U.N. special envoy has said his mandate was to involve “the broadest possible spectrum of the opposition”.

Opposition members have listed their own demands for the regime.

The High Negotiation Committee (HNC), the opposition umbrella group, has warned that it will not engage in negotiations unless sieges and air strikes on rebel-held areas end, but the government has so far not agreed.

“We are representing a large number of people on the ground…so by excluding us they are not doing well for a political solution”.

The opposition hit back, saying the government wants to derail the peace process through its military actions.

Earlier, Jaafari had said that the negotiations are still in a preliminary phase and called the opposition “not serious”.

“We decided on Sunday night in Geneva with our Kurdish friends… But there’s still another 3,000-4,000 civilians there who haven’t left”, he said.

Turkey opposes to the inclusion of PYD into the opposition side as it sees the party and its armed wing YPG to be an offshoot of the outlawedKurdistan Workers’ Party(PKK) with which it continues an armed clash since the mid-1980s.

Moadamani said there were more than 1,500 cases of malnutrition in the town, including 50 severe cases of malnutrition among children.

Madaya is a rebel-held city that has been choked off by government blockades and landmines.

The opposition cancelled a meeting with him on Tuesday afternoon, accusing Russian Federation of putting the process at risk with an “unprecedented” bombing campaign on Aleppo and Homs. But Hezbollah, in turn, has blamed rebel groups for preventing aid convoys from reaching the town.