Resolution 2254 also calls for the provision of humanitarian assistance in Syria and the creation of a safe environment for the return of Syrian refugees from neighboring countries.
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“Our northern friend that has now come to Syria’s aid offering military help is pursuing its own interests”, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, said last month. That hasn’t stopped speculation that he envisages a future Moscow-backed administration in Syria free of Assad and his inner circle. “In January, we expect to be at the table and implement a full cease-fire”, he said. De Mistura said invitations to the talks will go out in January, at least. While such a ceasefire is a trying feat to reach under normal circumstances, it will be even harder with differences between the U.S.-led anti-ISIL campaign and the Russia-Iran campaign over which groups are considered terrorist groups and therefore excluded from the ceasefire.
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Analysts said that was on display at the United Nations last week, when the USA agreed to a Security Council resolution on the peace process that made no mention of Mr. Assad, in what was seen as Obama administration capitulation to Russian and Iranian demands that Syria’s president be allowed to stay in power for the foreseeable future. It also predicts a transitional government in Syria within six months, with new elections following within the next year and a half. Their recognition of Jordan’s role in defining which groups should be defined as a terrorist group, instead of as an opposition group, is important as well.
“Terrorist groups have no place in this national dialogue”, he said. “Without a cease-fire, peace talks can not continue to produce results”, he said. Commenting on the adopted resolution, Lavrov said voting at the UN “should pave the way to forming a broad anti-terror front on the basis of the UN Charter and relying on all those who are fighting terror on the ground, including the Syrian army, Kurdish militias, and armed groups of the patriotic Syrian opposition”.
The security council met after the latest round of talks by the International Syria Support Group, which had gathered in NY to renew its push for peace.
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The talks were attended by representatives of Russian Federation, the US, the UN, France, Britain, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran, as well as the European Union, the Arab League, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
