Syria Resolution Adopted at UN as Assad's Future Sidestepped
- Early January deadline set for both sides to start peace talks
- Defining terrorists also remains a hurdle to a Syria agreement
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing a political transition to end Syria’s bloody civil war, while sidestepping a list of divisive issues topped by the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
Foreign ministers from 17 countries, gathered in New York on Friday before the council’s session, also failed to bridge differences including which opposition factions should be branded “terrorists.”