Syria envoy visits refugee camp in Turkey September 18, 2012 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The new international envoy tasked with ending the 18-month Syrian conflict has visited a refugee camp in Turkey, according to The Associated Press. Lakhdar Brahimi, who recently ended a four-day visit to Syria, toured a camp in the border province of Hatay on Tuesday, Sept 18, as dozens of Syrians staged a demonstration outside the camp denouncing Syrian President Bashar Assad. Turkey, which has taken in more than 80,000 refugees, serves as headquarters for the leaders of the Free Syrian Army group and hosts members of the Syrian National Council opposition group. It is not clear if Brahimi, who replaced Kofi Annan as the joint United Nations and Arab League envoy, met any opposition members in Hatay. Brahimi said Saturday he still has no plan for stopping the bloodshed. Partner news  Top stories U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament.   Partner news |  Latest news ANCA calls for legal actions against Nişanyan sentence  The ANCA asked the State Department to condemn the Turkish government's legal actions against Sevan Nişanyan.U.S. Supreme Court urged to review Genocide-era insurance case The Supreme Court is set to consider all submissions dealing with the Armenian Genocide-era insurance case on June 6.ANCA testimony to call for conditions on Turkey trade deal ANCA Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian will testify this coming week before the U.S. International Trade Commission.U.S. says Syria conflict threatens Lebanon’s stability Syria has been locked in an increasingly bloody civil war since demonstrations broke out against the Assad regime in March 2011. |
