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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Syria Peace Talks Get Underway in Syria - Signs of Progress

A face-to-face meeting between the Syrian government and the opposition has started in Geneva. This is the first time in three years of civil war that the two sides negotiate face to face. UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is presiding over the meeting.

UPDATE: The first meeting between leaders of the Syrian government and the opposition was tense but lasted three hours. An opposition spokesman told reporters after the meeting that the two sides will begin discussing formation of a transitional government on Monday. (NBC News, 25 January)

File photo: UN Special Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (AP

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6 comments:

  1. Mark PyruzJanuary 25, 2014 at 1:43 PM

    Actually "the opposition" is comprised of Syrian exiles that have no sway on the armed groups fighting in Syria.

    And "transition" for Syria, Iran and Russia means an election that includes Assad as an incumbent potential candidate.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2014 at 1:47 PM

      Mark, you are on point as always.

      Why should the syrian people that still would like to see Assad in power not be able to atleast vote for him.

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2014 at 2:43 PM

      How about the other foreign terrorists like Hezbollah aka Islamic terrorist regime that support Assad? You really believe that Assad the mass murderer is a "potential candidate" ?

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    3. Nader UskowiJanuary 25, 2014 at 4:20 PM

      Mark, could you explain then why the Russian and Syrian governments wanted to have this meeting held with the opposition? And the Syrian government agreed to continue the meeting next week? Was that just a cynical attempt on their part to portray that they wanted to negotiate, but didn't really mean it, or is it that you are missing something here?

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    4. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2014 at 10:09 AM

      I believe the Assads have been "incumbent" candidates in elections since approximately 1971. Baathists in general, and the Assads in particular, somehow always have a way of being "incumbents" in elections and then "winning" those elections.

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    5. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2014 at 4:13 PM

      The real foreign terrorists are the so-called "fsa" that are the so-called "opposition" in the western, mainstream media. Do you really believe that the head chopping cannibals of al qaeda are "potential candidates"?

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