The United Nations wants to convene a new round of Syrian peace talks on Monday, but with only days remaining and no agreement on who should participate there are doubts about whether the negotiations will begin as scheduled.
Staffan de Mistura, the U.N.'s envoy for Syria announced last month that he wanted to begin the talks on January 25 in Geneva.
He has the support of a group of 17 nations, including the United States and Russia, but those nations have yet to decide which of the many opposition groups fighting in Syria will have representatives at the negotiating table.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday that invitations will not be sent until those decisions are made. He said the U.N. is still focused on January 25 for a start date and that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world powers to "redouble efforts" to reach an agreement.