Syria peace conference already hitting snags: Russia
MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia said on Saturday there was disagreement over who should represent the opposition in a Syrian peace process, only days after Moscow and Washington announced a joint effort to bring government and rebels to an international conference.
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U.S. reassures Syria rebels about its stance on Assad
Syrian President Bashar Assad must go, even if his government is included in peace talks envisioned in a U.S.-Russia plan, Secretary of State John Kerry says. BEIRUT — The new U.S.-Russia peace initiative for Syria will inevitably lead to the departure of President Bashar Assad, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Thursday, moving to reassure Syrian rebels and their allies that the Obama administration had not backed down on its insistence that Assad must go.
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Syria's Bashar Assad warns 'terrorism' will come back to West
President Bashar Assad says the U.S. and Europe are supporting his Islamist opponents, which will come back to haunt them. He also has words for Jordan. BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad warned in a television interview Wednesday that the war against his government risked spreading to neighboring Jordan and predicted that rebel fighters, whom he described as Islamic extremists, would later take their violence to the West.
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Rebels push Assad's army away from vital north Syria highway
BEIRUT - Syrian rebels repelled an advance by government forces near a strategic highway in northern Syria on Tuesday, in fierce battles expected to inflict heavy casualties on both sides, opposition activists said.
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Lebanon's new premier says election delay likely
BEIRUT - Lebanon's June election faces a possible delay, prime minister-designate Tammam Salam said, as he prepared to form a government which aims to resolve months of dispute over the vote and shield the country from war in neighboring Syria.
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