Without Iranian and Saudi participation in talks on Syria, we will continue with small agreements which probably will be difficult to implement on the ground, Paolo Raffone, Middle East expert, told RT. RT:This agreement in Geneva looks like a breakthrough, but do the opposition delegates have the authority to make sure civilians are given safe passage ...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovsays Iran must be involved in the implementation of the 2012 Geneva communiqu on the crisis in Syria. It is necessary to engage Iran in the common efforts towards the fulfillment of the Geneva communiqu devoid of attempts to interpret it either way, Lavrov said at the opening of the Geneva II conference on Syria ...