The Syrian government has expressed its desire to block 2 opposition groups from attending the Geneva peace talks on the Syrian conflict. Syria and close ally Russia view both militant groups as extremists.
Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran, which are the five Caspian littoral states convened in Ashkhabad to discuss thelegal status of the Caspian Sea, but they are far from reaching a single solution.
The opposing party in Syria is still not ready to talk things out. The government wants an end to the oppresion that the war created to its people.