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The United States, Russia and the United Nations will hold three-way talks on the Syria crisis in Geneva on Dec. 11, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura stated on Dec. 9. 

The United States, Russia and the United Nations will hold three-way talks on the Syria crisis in Geneva on Dec. 11, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura stated on Dec. 9. 

De Mistura told Reuters that the Dec. 11 Geneva talks that he initiated were part of "preparatory work," but he declined to go into detail. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Dec. 9 that he would travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and a political settlement in Syria. 

Speaking during an event on the sidelines of the Paris climate talks, Kerry said Russia "has been constructive" in trying to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict. 

The U.N. Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, met with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu behind closed doors in Ankara late on Dec. 8, discussing the latest developments in talks to find a peaceful solution to the Cyprus issue.

Russia's U.N. envoy cast doubt on Dec. 8 on U.S. plans to hold a third meeting of world powers on Syria next week, saying the process to try to end the four-year civil war would be devalued if certain requirements were not met first.

Regional officials including the foreign ministers of Ankara, Washington and Doha have held talks amid continuing regional tension over attempts to end Syria's civil war and the deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu conducted phone conversations with U.S. Secretary State John Kerry and Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Attiyah late Dec. 8 to discuss regional developments, particularly Iraq, according to official sources.

For another night, Twitter added its own stigma to the interview that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave to public broadcaster ERT on Monday night. The hashtag #tsipras_ert caught fire on Greek Twitter, and here’s what twitter users had to say:

Indicative tweets:

Battles and battles fought! Take a break…

Alexis, left when you enter or when you leave?

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke in Greek after his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in Athens on Friday, by stating that the US supports Greece.

Peace is within reach in Cyprus, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said, a day before the two Cypriot leaders met on Dec. 4 as part of the peace talks.