Syria talks deadlocked over power transfer?

The Syrian peace talks in Geneva are deadlocked over the divisive issue of transferring power to a transitional government, sources say.

The Syrian government team reportedly presented a “declaration of principles” that did not mention transfer of power, and it was rejected by the opposition.
The sides cannot agree on the future role of President Bashar al-Assad.
However, a Syrian presidential adviser told the BBC that talks would continue despite the current stalemate.
“We shall continue because Syria is very important for us, the Syrian people are very important for us and we want to continue talking until we find a solution,” Bouthaina Shaaban told the BBC’s Lina Sinjab in Geneva.
Meanwhile, there has been “no concrete step taken” on allowing aid convoys into besieged areas of the city of Homs, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.