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The Syrian government and the opposition Syrian National Coalition have
struck a small agreement in their first face-to-face international peace talks
in Geneva that, as of now, have struggled to make much progress.
Under the deal, women and children will be allowed to leave the besieged
Syrian city of Homs. Homs has been coming under heavy mortar attacks
for more than one
year. The two sides failed to meet common ground
on sending humanitarian aid
into Homs on Saturday, but UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who is acting as
mediator between the two sides, has admitted progress was always going
to be slow. Brahimi says face-to-face talks aimed at exploring
a political solution to the
crisis will start on this Monday.