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ed the spectre of war in the Gulf and stabilised the volatile region. And it is now quarrelling with Moscow and reviving the Cold War by sabotaging Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria. There can be no military solution to the Syrian crisis. The only way out of the current nightmare is a ceasefire imposed on b
cow and reviving the Cold War by sabotaging Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria. There can be no military
a disturbing signal of prospects for stability after Assad goes. Western and Arab powers have spent more than a year trying to turn the exile-based Syrian National Council into a legitimate alternative national leadership, to no avail. It remains divided and EFTA00701760 ineffectual, and lacks legitimacy among popul
united message from the international community. The non- binding statement endorsed the six-point plan put forward by UN-Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan to end the violence. The Council expressed its full support of his efforts which call for secure access to humanitarian agencies, the release of det
put forward by UN-Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan to end the violence. The Council expressed its fu
erce battles between the Assad Government and the mobilized popular opposition EFTA_R1_00225443 EFTA01840548 forces. Politically, the opposition Syrian National Council operating outside of the country remains divided and is marked by serious internal dissent; in contrast, the internal opposition groups seem more o
Syrian people. Everything we know about Putin suggests that he will never acquiesce in a popular uprising against an authoritarian government. The Annan mission is plainly futile, except in making us complicit with the Russian plan to thwart concerted action against the Syrian atrocities; and Annan
and supported creating buffer zones and humanitarian corridors between Turkey and Syria. Turkey also houses one of the biggest opposition groups, Syrian National Council, as well as the FSA. Although Saudi Arabia and Turkey share a common goal in Syria, there are some tensions between their positions. First, for T
Entities connected to both Kofi Annan and Syrian National Council

George W. Bush
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSONCourtney Wild
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Barack Obama
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Al Gore
PERSON
Joe Biden
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Lebanon
LOCATION
Damascus
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Hillary Clinton
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Middle East
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Virginia Giuffre
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Tehran
LOCATION
Department of Justice
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON