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UN hopes for progress in Syria talks
GENEVA: The UN voiced hope on Thursday that developments "in the next few days" could pave the way for Syria peace talks to resume by the end of this month.
The United Nations deputy envoy for Syria, Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, said that despite brutal fighting in the battle for Aleppo and elsewhere, the UN remained "committed" to relaunching talks in late August. Crucial to that plan are ongoing negotiations between Syrian government ally Russia and the United States, which backs some rebel groups. "We have **t given up hope. We can**t give up hope," of finding a diplomatic solution to the devastating five-year conflict, Ramzy told reporters in Geneva. "Bear with us. I think in the next few days there might be some movement," towards holding "credible talks", he added. He did **t specify what a potential breakthrough might include, but the UN has in recent days pinned hopes on efforts from Moscow and Washington to restore a ceasefire in Syria. The head of a UN-backed humanitarian taskforce for Syria, Jan Egeland, raised further alarm about the escalating crisis in Aleppo. Egeland said the UN and Red Cross were ready to send urgently needed supplies to the city but that convoys could **t deploy without a pause in the fighting. أكثر... 
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