Following is the text of the final communique issued by Syrian opposition parties that held a conference under the auspices of the Arab League in Cairo on July 3rd 2012.
Mouaz al-Khatib, President of the Syrian National Coalition, the biggest opposition umbrella, generated an outburst of contradicting responses when he announced that he is ready to negotiate with the Syrian regime under two conditions: releasing more than 160,000 prisoners, and renewing passports to all Syrians in exile.
The Ministry of Foreign Affaris sent two identical letters on Wednesday to President of The UN security Council and UN Secretary General on the mass execution perpetrated by terrorist groups of “Jabhat al-Nusra” against tens of abducted citizens in Aleppo on Tuesday and throwing their bodies in Qweiq river in Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood.
Washington’s enthusiasm for the emergence of a government offering an alternative to the Assad regime is somewhere between well-guarded and non-existent.
Lavrov: I wish that the US would realize the need for doing everything to get the Geneva statement applied.
In an identical letter to the UN Secretary General and the head of the UN Security Council, the Ministry said that it expects the international community and the UN to help in understanding President Assad’s this program and the efforts exerted by the government to implement it without prejudgments.
Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi stressed that the government is keen on providing all support to the Syrians who were forced to leave their houses because of the acts of the armed terrorist groups.
In light of the absence of any signs pointing to an imminent military settlement or political solution, the opposition has no choice but to go back to the Syrian domestic scene and rely on its political and military powers to even out the balance of powers and impose the solution wanted by the Syrians.
Israel is always interested in preoccupying its Arab neighbors in civil wars, and it is surely interested in dismantling Syria into small Kurdish, Alawite, Christian, Druze and Sunni mini-states. But isn’t Israel afraid of the presence of Al-Qaeda in a collapsed Syria?
Obama, who faces chiefly Republican criticism for not offering the rebels American weapons or taking other steps to beat back Assad’s armed forces, said the money would help Syrians under fire and those who have fled to neighboring countries.
The US failure to intervene in Syria has ruined everything that has been achieved—with great difficulty—in the war on extremist ideology and terrorist groups
21 human rights groups in Syria have announce the establishment of the National Council for Human Rights in Syria, as a Syrian national rights-defending body
The Kremlin announced that the political program proposed by President Bashar al-Assad could be a good basis for solving the crisis in Syria
The 6th EU- Brazil Summit called for putting an immediate end to all acts of violence in Syria in a way that facilitates the beginning of a political process by the Syrians themselves with the international community’s support.
Assad’s ouster is inevitable, but how will it be achieved? What price will be paid by Syria and the entire region? This is the fundamental question and the crux of the matter. If the intention is to let the Syrian people topple Assad by themselves, this represents a real danger for a variety of reasons.
A Ministerial committee discussed Tuesday the guarantees that should be given to the Syrian opposition abroad in case they came to Syria to take part in the dialogues that will be run by the committee in preparation for convening a national comprehensive dialogue.
Female volunteers are joining the so-called the National Defense Forces, which gather together existing popular committees of pro-regime civilian fighters under a new, better-trained and armed hierarchy.
The monthly meeting of the national coalition for the revolutionary forces and the Syrian opposition was held in Istanbul and was attended by more than 60 members. General Salim Idris, Chief of General Staff of free Syrian army, gave detailed presentation of the situation across Syria and answered questions regarding developments on the ground in many areas.
Syria’s foreign minister invited the country’s rebels on Saturday to lay down their weapons and take part in a national dialogue, saying everyone who participates will be included in a new Cabinet with wide executive powers.
The plan* states that it aims at “supporting the Government of Syria’s efforts in providing humanitarian assistance to the affected populations,” and that a “Steering Committee” will be “chaired by the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (or whomever he delegates)” and that “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates is the [Syrian] Government focal point in charge of the supervision of implementation of humanitarian projects” in addition to other administrative and logistical tasks!
