The text obtained by Reuters does not rule out Mr Assad’s participation in early presidential elections, something his enemies say is impossible if there is to be peace.
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Syrian president Bashar al Assad.
A few 20 countries and global bodies will meet in Vienna Saturday to push forward a peace plan for Syria that would include a ceasefire between Assad’s regime and a few opposition groups.
Russia’s deputy United Nations ambassador Vladimir Safronkov expressed regret that the document had been leaked to news organizations, but said, “It’s our vision, it’s our proposal”.
It would depend on Washington’s “answers regarding a few unilateral actions taken by a few of the sides” attending the talks “without consulting others”, al Mayadeen said. “It’s just Russian contribution, how we launch a political process … to make parties work together, government and opposition”, he clarified. De Mistura told reporters after briefing the UN Security Council late Tuesday that his message to the 15 members was “one word – momentum”.
Syrian forces held on to the base for two years, apparently knowing that their fate would be death if captured.
War in Syria erupted in 2011, when Assad faced an armed uprising spurred by a wave of pro-democracy protests across the Middle East, known as the “Arab Spring”. We are supportive. We are participating. The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday that Moscow would be concentrating on this at the meeting.
Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with the Syrian Army fighting a number of opposition factions and radical Islamist groups, including Islamic State and the Nusra Front.
The Syria resolution would condemn the presence in Syria of “all foreign terrorist fighters … and foreign forces fighting on behalf of the Syrian regime, particularly the al Quds Brigades, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (of Iran) and militia groups, such as Hezbollah”.
Adopt a UNSC resolution in support of the efforts against ISIL and other terrorist groups, providing legal framework for cooperation of all participants of counter-terrorist actions among themselves and with respective governments.
He added that parliamentary elections are an internal Syrian affair and that it was still too early to hold them.
The worry for Russian Federation, he said, is that if it decides to increase attacks against Islamic State, the country could suffer retaliation from the terror group’s supporters among its numerous Muslim population. Russian airstrikes assisted the Syrian forces, which have succeeded in recapturing the area south of Aleppo. This provision applies not only to the USA and Saudi Arabia with regard to rebel groups, but also to Russian Federation and Iran as sponsors of the Syrian army.
“We are inside the base”, a Syrian soldier who took part in the offensive told state television Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
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“The Syrian leadership lives in a reality of its own”.
