Khatib Initiative Accepted by Some FSA
Madar Al-Youm (Opposition website)
November 26, 2014
Khatib met defectors in the Turkish camps eager for any sign of hope
Khatib met defectors in the Turkish camps eager for any sign of hope
Assad would exit power and a hybrid administration consisting of the remains of the current government and the moderate opposition would be formed, and each party would continue to control the areas it currently oversees
Asharq Al-Awsat speaks with the US State Department’s Daniel Rubinstein about continuing efforts to secure a political solution to the conflict
No one claimed responsibility and Syrian and Iranian state media did not mention the attack, which occurred in an area controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad
Khatib denied the attendance of any Iranian delegation in the meetings, or that Walid Jumblatt had a role
The Syrian opposition also complains that President Barack Obama’s administration doesn’t allow them to attend meetings with senior officials
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem spoke to Al-Akhbar unreservedly, and tells the reporter to“publish whatever you see fit from what I said. I will let you judge the situation”
The group’s leader Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani warned Nasrallah in a Tweet
Secretary General says youth would not have joined ISIS if FSA was supported
Turkey’s policy on Syria serves the national interests of Syrians and its own people
The regime is now trying to lift the blockade imposed by Syrian rebels and Islamist fighters on the neighborhoods and nearby villages still loyal to Assad in Aleppo, as well as seizing the military initiative in the rest of northwestern Syria
Observers say recruitment campaign aims to replace soldiers killed in prolonged and intense fighting across country
De Mistura will visit Tehran after Beirut
Why does Ankara refuse to play a decisive role and leave the area open to others —is it afraid of military involvement?
A decision expected shortly could turn the table of the war
The tribes of Al-Mawali, Al Hadedeen and other unnamed tribal components held a conference to unite against Assad
Despite all the warnings of the gravity of the Syrian crisis, Obama always reiterated that Syrian rebels are nothing but a bunch of farmers and medical doctors, refusing to support them
There is a notable absence of Syrians among the decision-makers
Although it was made clear that there will not be Western cooperation with Assad against the Islamic State, the role of Assad in creating the Islamic State in the first place has been sidelined
Pro-regime media accuses the U.S. of executing a regional plan
