Foreign Secretary William Hague has blamed the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad for the breakdown in the peace talks.
The Syria peace talks in Geneva have opened with bitter accusations from each side over the ongoing conflict which has cost more than 100,000 lives.
A new report by former war crime prosecutors says claims that there is evidence that the Assad regime has systematically tortured and executed 11,000 prisoners since the uprising began in 2011.
A British doctor has died in a Syrian prison after more than a year of torture and detention without charge.
The Syrian National Coalition have confirmed that they will be attending January’s peace talks in Geneva, but they are not optimistic about the outcome unless Assad agrees to concede power.