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Turkish foreign minister meets Syrian opposition figures

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sept. 9 met with Syrian opposition figures in the capital Ankara.

Çavuşoğlu met with Salem Al-Meslet, head of the National Coalition of Syrian Opposition; Anas Abdeh, president of the Syrian Negotiation Commission; and head of the Syrian Interim Government Abdurrahman Mustafa.

Russia, US in row over coalition strikes on Syrian forces

Russia condemned on May 19 strikes by the U.S.-led coalition against Syrian forces as "unacceptable," state media reported, after the bombing of pro-government troops.  

"Any military actions that lead to a deterioration in the situation in Syria obviously impact the political process," deputy foreign minister Gennady Gatilov was quoted as saying by state-run RIA Novosti in Geneva.

Planned Syria talks for Jan 25 cannot yet be confirmed, says French FM

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Jan. 18 that it was not yet possible to confirm that a planned U.N.-organized Jan. 25 peace meeting on Syria would take place involving the Syrian government and opposition, saying that it was up to the United Nations to confirm it. 

Syria opposition, rebel dismiss Iran idea for transition

Any peace plan for Syria allowing President Bashar al-Assad to stand in early elections after a transition period would be "mad" because he is the root of the problem and holding a nationwide poll is impossible, a Syrian opposition figure said. 

The commander of a rebel group fighting on the ground echoed the comment. 

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