Syria's HNC Restructuring Negotiations Team After Alloush's Resignation

© REUTERS / Fabrice Coffrini/PoolMembers of the Syrian opposition delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) George Sabra (L) delegation head Asaad Al-Zoubi (C) and Chief negotiator, Army of Islam rebel group's Mohammed Alloush (R) attend a meeting with U.N. mediator on Syria Staffan de Mistura during Syria peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 15, 2016
Members of the Syrian opposition delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) George Sabra (L) delegation head Asaad Al-Zoubi (C) and Chief negotiator, Army of Islam rebel group's Mohammed Alloush (R) attend a meeting with U.N. mediator on Syria Staffan de Mistura during Syria peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 15, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) is reorganizing the negotiations team after chief representative in the Geneva talks Mohammed Alloush announced a decision to leave his post, a source close to the talks told Sputnik on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik), Anastasia Levchenko — On Sunday, Alloush announced his resignation over the failure of the UN-mediated Geneva peace talks to bring a political settlement in Syria.

"The HNC is now changing the composition of their negotiations team," the source said.

Meanwhile, the HNC spokesman Riyad Naasan Agha told Sputnik that the committee has so far not scheduled its meeting to choose a new delegation head in place of the resigned former chief representative Mohammed Alloush.

"We have not determined when the meeting will take place," the representative said.

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A Syrian government delegation, as well as three opposition groups — the Riyadh-formed HNC, the Moscow-Cairo and the Hmeimim groups have been taking part in the Geneva talks.

The latest round of intra-Syrian talks took place on April 13-27. The HNC walked out of the negotiations, citing the continuous fighting in Syria and the lack of progress on humanitarian issues.

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