Talks on a new constitution for Syria resume this week in Geneva, with the United Nations mediator hopeful of making headway. Back in October, the sixth round of discussions between 15 representatives each from President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the opposition, and civil society, ended with no agreement on how to move things forward. But UN envoy Geir Pedersen said the two co-chairs – from the government and the opposition – had now come up with an improved procedure for finding common ground on the final day of the talks, which will be on Friday. “Syria remains one of the gravest crises in t…