UN's Brahimi meets with Assad in bid to salvage Geneva talks

UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met with President Bashar Assad in Damascus on the third day of a visit aimed at bringing Syria's warring parties to the negotiating table.

Brahimi has been traveling throughout the Middle East to drum up support for Geneva peace talks, and the Syrian leg of the tour is the most sensitive as he needs to persuade a wary government and an increasingly divided opposition to attend. (AFP)