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The man in of the Syrian peace talks has apologised to the Syrian . Lakhdar Brahimi is the United Nations’ peace to Syria. His job was to help the two in Syria's civil war make peace. Syria's government and Syrian rebel are in Geneva to try and find a way to end the . It is the second time they have sat down together. There are many problems to discuss. The Syrian people are hoping the two sides can reach a . They are tired of the fighting. More than 140,000 have died in the three-year war and three million need humanitarian . Mr Brahimi said: "I’m very, very sorry. I think it is better that every side goes back and reflects, and accepts their ."

The two sides in Syria's peace talks ended their being angry with each other. Mr Brahimi asked them if they really wanted the talks to continue or not. They did not set a date for talks. The UK's Foreign Secretary William Hague said the of the talks was very sad. He said it was "a setback in the search for peace in Syria". Syria's opposition blamed Syria's government for the failure of the talks. He said: "The regime is not serious….I'm very sorry to say there is nothing we can take from this." Syria's government team said the talks failed because the people were "amateurs". Mr Brahimi was still and said: "I very much hope there will be a third ."

 


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