Mark Henley

Editorial, 2014

We need to talk about Syria

Unexpected pro-Assad demonstrators blocking access to the entry to the security zone, whilst delegates were still arriving, before the opening of the long delayed 'Geneva 2' Syria peace talks, taking place at the luxury Montreux Palace Hotel, behind.
One of the thousand plus people accredited to the media, smoking outside the media centre, facing across to the Montreux Palace Hotel which is hosting the opening day of the long-delayed 'Geneva 2' Syria peace talks and which have just started.
Confrontation in the media centre, between a woman denouncing the regime and a Syrian government 'advisor' - with an Australian passport - surrounded by the press.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, refuting to the press the stance of representatives of the Syrian government following bitter exchanges, describing members of the opposition as traitors and terrorists.
A sign for US Secretary of State John Kerry prior to his concluding press conference:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's tense concluding press conference:
Head of the Gendarmarie of Vaud Canton surveying the media centre late in the evening. The opening of the talks was in Vaud for a single day, as there was no space available in Geneva, and involved an exceptionally large deployment of security measures
A limousine with Geneva diplomatic plates, its engine running, waiting by a side exit, at the end of the opening day of Geneva 2 Syria peace talks, taking place at the luxury Montreux Palace Hotel. The talks then followed to Geneva, and failed

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We need to talk about Syria