UN's troubled Syria peace talks restart in Geneva UN-backed Syria peace talks resumed in Geneva, with little hope of a breakthrough and the emboldened regime seen as unlikely to make concessions. HNC delegation chief Nasr al-Hariri told reporters after meeting UN deputy special envoy Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy that his camp was in Geneva to guarantee the departure of "Bashar al-Assad and his clique". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES