'No drama, no walkouts,' no progress in Syria peace talks

The U.N. special envoy for Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura, has set April 9 as a "target date" for indirect peace talks to resume in Geneva.

Wrapping up the current round of indirect peace talks Thursday, de Mistura said he is encouraged by the fact that there has been "no walkouts, no drama" in the talks that lasted 10 days.

Bashar Assad's regime plans to hold scheduled parliamentary elections in regime-held parts of Syria on April 13 and has said it wanted the talks to resume after that date. The opposition says the elections are a farce and has rejected them.