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A picture taken on April 26, 2013 shows Abu Tarek, a 74-year-old retired army officer, trying on a homemade gas-mask assembled using a plastic bottle, coal, cotton, gauze, cola, and cardboard, for protection against chemical weapons, in Syria’s northern Latakia province. (AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA)
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President of the Syrian National Council (SNC) George Sabra (C) and members of Syrian National Council attend a press conference at the end of Syrian Opposition meeting on May 30, 2013 in Istanbul. Syria’s main opposition group said it will not take part in proposed US-Russia peace talks while key allies of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are waging war alongside government forces. AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE
Syrian opposition to boycott Geneva II
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has announced that it will boycott the Geneva II conference scheduled for July unless a settlement is reached leading to Bashar Al-Assad’s ouster. George Sabra, the SNC’s acting president, announced that the...Caption:
Syrian National Coalition (SNC) President Mouaz al-Khatib (3-L) and and members of the Syrian National Coalition during a Syrian opposition groups meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, 23 May 2013.(EPA)
Syria conference faces more roadblocks
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Doubts about the viability of the peace conference on Syria proposed by the US and Russia have continued to grow this week amidst infighting by Syria’s fractious opposition. The conference, dubbed “Geneva 2” following last year’s...Caption:
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, talks with Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, center, and Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, during the EU foreign ministers meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2013 (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
EU drops arms embargo on Syrian rebels
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The EU dropped its arms embargo on the Syrian opposition yesterday after a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels ended without agreement. Without a unanimous decision among member-states to either extend or lift the embargo, the existing ban...Caption:
US Secretary of State John Kerry exits his goverment aircraft as he arrives at Stansted Airport near London on April 9, 2013 ahead of the G8 foreign ministers meeting and talks with the Syrian opposition. Source: AFP Photo/Pool/Paul J. Richards