ANKARA, Turkey– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he remains hopeful about a ceasefire and peace talks for Syria, even though the talks to help resolve the nearly 5-year-old civil war that has killed 250,000 people will not resume next week.
Fighting has fighting intensified in Syria over the past weeks and a deadline to cease military activities was not observed.
Kerry, who on Friday was in London en route to Jordan for talks about Syria and other issues, said he has been touch with the U.S. team in Geneva and that the negotiators have been in constant talks for the past 36 hours.
He says the issues are tough and complex and there is more work to do to resolve them. He added that the U.S. wants the process to be sustainable so that hostilities can be halted.

Source: Associated Press, Feb. 19, 2016