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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – UN peace talks on Syria will go ahead in Geneva on Friday despite the failure of the negotiating parties to agree on which opposition groups are legitimate and invited.The inability to agree was why the talks – originally due to begin Monday -- were delayed in the first place, since the UN couldn't send invitations if it didn't know what opposition groups would attend.The UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said "proximity" talks would begin on Friday and go on for around six months. According to The Guardian, he predicted,"It will be uphill anyway.""This is not Geneva 3," he said in reference to the two failed Geneva peace talks held in 2012 and 2014."This is leading to what we hope will be a Geneva success story if we are able to push it forward," he added."We should not be impressed or depressed," he cautioned, "The important thing is to keep up the momentum. The name of the game is to be as creative and flexible as possible."