Syrian opposition rejects Russia-sponsored congress, opposition member says
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The Syrian opposition to President Bashar al-Assad will reject a Russian-sponsored congress of Syrian groups, which amounts to a meeting of "the regime with the regime", a prominent opposition official told Reuters on Wednesday.
The opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) was surprised it had been mentioned in a list of groups invited to the congress scheduled for Nov. 18 in Sochi and would "issue a statement with other parties setting out the general position rejecting this conference", said Mohammad Alloush, an HNC member.
