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Syrian rebels launched a counteroffensive in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, recapturing a base near its international airport hours after the army had advanced into the area, activists said Saturday.
The fighting came as the main Western-backed opposition group was to begin a two-day meeting in Istanbul to decide whether they will attend a proposed peace conference the U.S. and Russia are trying to convene in Geneva.
The Syrian National Coalition has demanded that President Bashar Assad step down in any transitional Syrian government as a condition for its going to Geneva. Syrian officials say Assad will stay in his post at least until his terms ends in 2014 and that he may run for re-election.
Source: CTV News
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/syrian-...international-airport-1.1535230#ixzz0VcXNTVrV
The fighting came as the main Western-backed opposition group was to begin a two-day meeting in Istanbul to decide whether they will attend a proposed peace conference the U.S. and Russia are trying to convene in Geneva.
The Syrian National Coalition has demanded that President Bashar Assad step down in any transitional Syrian government as a condition for its going to Geneva. Syrian officials say Assad will stay in his post at least until his terms ends in 2014 and that he may run for re-election.
Source: CTV News
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/syrian-...international-airport-1.1535230#ixzz0VcXNTVrV
