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Syrian opposition plans fall apart on eve of Doha conference
The western-backed initiative to form a united Syrian opposition looked to have collapsed on Wednesday night, as key opposition movements from inside the country pulled out.
Syrian opposition groups were due to convene in the Qatari capital Doha on
Thursday to appoint a new and supposedly more representative leadership. But
on the eve of the conference three of the dissident bodies included in the
US-backed initiative refused to attend, diplomats and opposition figures
told the Daily Telegraph.
“There are too many people against this initiative for it to work now,” said a
western diplomatic source in Doha.
The setback came as Turkey said it was in talks to deploy Nato-controlled
Patriot missiles on its border with Syria to ward off the regime's
cross-border threat.
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