DHAKA: The UN special envoy for Syria will try to break the stalemate between the Syrian government and the opposition at a final session of talks in Geneva.

Lakhdar Brahimi will mediate a last face-to-face meeting with both sides on Saturday morning.

Negotiations reached an impasse as the two delegations traded accusations, with Syrian officials calling the rebels` demands "unrealistic".

The conflict in Syria has claimed more than 100,000 lives since March 2011.

Some 9.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes.

The final talks are due to begin at 11:00 (10:00 GMT).

Mr Brahimi earlier said US and Russian officials had assured him they would try to "unblock the situation".

Source: BBC

BDST: 1600 HRS, FEB 15, 2014