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Syrian opposition groups divided over Moscow peace talks

BEIRUT - A Syrian opposition group announced Saturday it will attend a proposed peace conference in Moscow later this month, further highlighting the splits between those opposing President Bashar Assad's government amid the country's grinding civil war.

 

The announcement by the Popular Front of Change and Liberation of former Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil, which called the talks "a glimmer of hope," came only a day after leading opposition politician Mouaz al-Khatib declined to go to Moscow.

 

A-Khatib, the former president of the western-baked Syrian National Coalition, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page Friday that he turned down the Russian invitation because there could be no talks with the government "without releasing detainees, especially women and children."

 

"The circumstances that we believe are necessary to make the meeting successful are not available," al-Khatib said.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.10.15, 18:30