Syria Opposition Resists Calls for Talks with Assad while Syrian Rebels say Peace Talks “Treasonous” – Lavrov says “Outrageous”

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Western powers and their Arab allies agreed with Syrian opposition leaders Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad should be excluded from any future government, but urged the rebels to take part in a peace conference in Geneva.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said after a meeting in London that the rebels had to overcome their differences and commit themselves to the talks in the Swiss city that are due to take place in late November.

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The president of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba is seen at a press conference after attending the “London 11” meeting, the core group of the so-called “Friends of Syria” in central London on October 22, 2013. (Photo: AFP – Suzanne Plunkett)

But Assad said he was considering to run for re-election in 2014, a move further likely to anger a key rebel group that has so far refused to take part in the Geneva II…

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