United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (C) waits for the arrival of Syria's opposition delegation during intra-Syrian negotiations at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 16, 2017. The director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva announced that intra-Syrian negotiations seeking to broker a political end to the six-year conflict kicked off here Tuesday as planned. (Xinhua/POOL/Salvatore Di Noli)
