mr. staffan de mistura, a follow up meeting yesterday after after mr. staffan de mistura announce add bit of optimism, saying as far as the u.n. are concerned, the talks had finally started. now we're hearing the meeting scheduled to happen today really at this hour is not happening. that's really calling a lot of this into question. a couple of hours ago, we heard from the h.n.c., from the spokesperson. he came out and spoke to reporters about the frustration that the high negotiations committee was feeling in syria about they didn't believe the conditions they had set to enter these talks were met. let's listen to more of what he had to tell reporters earlier in the afternoon. >> we are involved here in a political diplomatic process to stop the bombing of syrian civilians. if there is no con sense among the international community, syrian people are left with no other alternatives. >> we heard earlier in the day that in fact the h.n.c. or certain members of the h.n.c. were a bit irritated that mr. staffan de mistura announced that the u.n. considered

mr. staffan de mistura to be released as a sign of good faith on the part of the regime that these negotiations in earnest and mr. staffan de mistura said he has not received a final list but the opposition today says they have, in fact, submitted the names and that is a complication and they are saying they could potentially walk out and don't trust the syrian regime and are worried about this and also upset at least some members of the opposition told us they are upset that mr. staffan de mistura last night said the talks officially started when the opposition maintained they don't believe these proximity talks have actually begun yet in earnest so it's very complicated and the hours ahead will hold a lot of clues as to how this process will move forward from here. >> thank you for that, mohamed reporting for us from geneva. we turn our attention now to iraq where a car bomb has been set off as a military headquarters north of the city of ramadi where they are pushing i.s.i.l. fighters out of that city. let's go to our correspondent who is in baghdad for us and ramadi was supposed to have bee

that has been mentioned by several ambassadors at this meeting and by mr staffan de mistura. if you get progress on those two distinct tracts in the coming days, then mr staffan de mistura said those peace talks that collapsed earlier it this year in geneva will be revived >>> al jazeera diplomatic james bays reporting for the u.n. the conflict in syria forced millions of people to leave their homes and many of them are concept dal that the truce will succeed. our correspondent reports-- sceptical that the truce will succeed. >> reporter: a new wave of refugees reaches the towns of azzza. they escaped the aleppo province in recent days. for many here the idea of a truce or ceasefire is meaningless. >> translation: this truce is an open game. the world is conspiring against us. this is a deal between the russians and the americans. >> translation: what is this talk of a truce? since when have ceasefires worked? okay, so these people here went back and got hit, who is going to be responsible. we're going to stay here. we are not going back. >> reporter: the complexities of syria

mr. staffan de mistura and the meeting will mainly and actually exclusively focus on how we can get the implementation of international humanitarian law regarding air bombings by russia and the regime, rewarding the prisoners, detainees, as well as the besieged areas, of course, which are suffering and need urgent, very urgent relief. >> al jazeera has more from geneva. >> both sides are here in geneva, and there are talks taking place. there are no actual negotiations. the formal proximity talks with both sides at the same time here in the united nations, they haven't started. i think from the opposition side, there's a little bit of a fudge here p.m. initially they said they wouldn't come unless certain conditions that are in the u.n. security council resolution that created this process were met, the lifting of sieges, stopping of bombardment and the release of prisoners. none of those things have happened. some in the opposition want to keep this process going, they don't want to walk away, and so for now, they're having meetings but saying those meetings are about addressing those concerns rather

mr. staffan de mistura and another today, does that mean that you are participating in the talks? >> you cannot solve a problem within one hour or one day. these things take more than one or two meetings. we don't mind having many meetings, the main thing that we accomplish something. we didn't come here just to waste time or sit in our hotel rooms. no, we came here to save our children, to save our people from these massacres and you've witnessed many massacres by russia and the regime. we are here to put an end to that. >> thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate it. you heard it there, again, it just really goes to show just how complicated these talks are here in geneva, even on a day where there seems to be forward momentum, the fact that this meeting is going to be happening in a couple of hours, still a lot of very thorny issues to be dealt with in the hours ahead. >> thank you very much indeed. russia says it's conducted more than 1,000 airstrikes in syria this week. the defense ministry released these images of bombings. it's dropped 200 tons of humanitarian aid

. >> reporter: is there still a plan to meet with mr staffan de mistura today and if that happens what do you think will be on the agenda? >> there is a meeting planned this afternoon with him and it will exclusively focus on how we can get the implementation of the international humanitarian law regarding air bombings by russia and the regime, regarding the prisoners, detainees, as well as the besieged areas, of course, which are suffering and need urgent, very urgent relief. >> reporter: thank you very much for joining us. as you can see, jane, it is a complicated situation still here. there are meetings that are set for today. a lot of conditions that the opposition says still need to be met before they can enter into these talks, into these negotiations with the u.n. and really this is going to be the kind of thing that we're just going to have to see hour by hour how the day develops and if the opposition here feels that they're getting any closer to getting their demands met so they can actually participate in these talks >>> thank you for that. your guest focusing understandably

mr staffan de mistura says he wants a list of names and he is going to present that list of names to the government side. in addition to that, trying to get relief convoys, at least some convoys through to some of these besieged areas. that's what they're working on. if they could achieve something like that by the end of the week, then i think they will be able to keep these talks going for now >>> thank you for that, james. we turn our attention to myanmar where there are growing expectations for the newly-installed national league for democracy party. the n.l.d. led by aung san suu kyi was sworn in on monday. it is facing huge challenges which will have to be resolved. >> reporter: this historic transition of power is taking place in the parliament at the far end of this main thoroughfare in the purpose-built but still largely deserted capital, seen by many as an folly. the changes taking place here promise to roll back the military years. a few kilometers from that world is the reality of a country mired in poverty, ribboned by ethnic divisions. aung san suu kyi and her n.l.d. ma

they're having a meeting with mr staffan de mistura, and then we're told he has invited the opposition for another meeting later. they're not discussing the big issues of the future of syria at this stage; they're talking about important issues, though, to try and alleviate the situation on the ground to show the opposition that it is worth staying in this process. you heard mentioned in the report issues like a list of detainees that could, perhaps, be released from jails controlled by the damascus regime, particularly women and children who are being held in their prisons. they're talking about some of those besieged areas, seeing if they could get some convoys with food into those areas. those are the sort of concrete things that they're discussing at this stage with the hope from the u.n., i think, that if something like that is delivered then the opposition side are going to stay here in geneva because there is still tension in that opposition block about whether the right thing to do is to be here starting the negotiations of >>> what about the other side, we heard about the bomb

mr. staffan de mistura but again if you look at the language of the release that has come out just in thehalf an hour it does not say, in fact, that this is the beginning of proximity talks on behalf of the syrian opposition. it once again reiterates that they feel the need for immediate aid, humanitarian assistance for syria and lifting of any seenl that is talking about bombardment and it's a negotiation before the negotiation and the fact there is a meeting today it's a big step forward for the opposition but the hours ahead could be hideled as complications as we have seen in the last few days and we will wait for the day and see how it unfolds. >> that is the game wait and see within speaking to us from geneva and let's go now live to zaina who is there on the turkish side of the border with syria. zaina we know there have been some bombings overnight in damascus near a holy shia shrine and of course the syrian delegation suggested the timing of these bombs have links to the opposition as well as terrorism. the question is will the syrian government feel pressured to make some sort o

mr. staffan de mistura in a few hours. >> thank you, with the latest on the syria talks in geneva.and belgia nshns wil talk about measures and concerns it will not address the under lying social causes and we report now from brussels. >> reporter: on the surface life in brussels is deceptively normal and this market draws tourists and locals as it's always done but they have people there after the manhunt in paris and an attack is possible and probable and for people life goes on. >> if anything will happen it will. we see a little bit more police but that is about it. i don't really think a lot of people it stopped them from doing their daily business. >> reporter: when french and belgium they will talk about major flaws in policing and gaps in intelligence and both are eager to close and two of the linked men known for the attacks were from belgium or france and still looking for the two men and he managed to escape paris passing through checkpoints because he had not yet been identified as a suspect. security experts are calling for better international cooperation. >> we have t

staffan de mistura. first time able to speak to the members of the syrian opposition, which ended about half hour ago. diplomatic editor james bays listening, to mr. demistura he did sound quite invigorated, certainly by the fact that the talks have starterred and there seems to be some kind of momentum behind them. >> yes, he considers that now he has had the opposition come through the gates of the palais here and meet him in the united nations. similar meetings to the one that took place on friday. in his view that is the start of this talks process. and it's clear he's had other meetings already with the opposition. he's meeting the government again in a few hours, clearly a talks process has started. that is not i don't think how the opposition side would characterize it itself. they have set some standard before they would actually negotiate when they were in riyadh and in geneva. there is negotiation underway. i think there were interesting lines there on some of the things that were being discussed. humanitarian access, we understand from the humanitarian part of the united nations, that syrian government seems to have given the go head f