Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Extremist groups hobble Syrian peace negotiations

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second from left, speaks to Syrian National Coalition President Ahmed al-Jarba, second from right, at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in London Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. How to persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down will be part of the focus Tuesday at a London meeting of 11 nations from the West and Mideast seeking a negotiated settlement to the war. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)LONDON (AP) — Violent extremists seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad may instead have hurt negotiations to replace him, frustrating Western diplomats who continue to push for his ouster as a necessary part of a peace agreement in the Mideast nation's bloody civil war.



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