Syria’s constitutional talks have reached a dead end as the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad fails to respond to efforts by the UN’s envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen to restart them. The UN-sponsored talks, which take place between representatives of the Syrian opposition, the Assad regime, and civil society groups, aim to write a new constitution for Syria but have been stalled for years. They came to a complete halt in June after the regime and its Russian ally said that the Swiss city of Geneva, where the talks were being held, was not a “neutral” venue, insisting they be moved to a differe…