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Annan in Syria for Talks With Assad

UN envoy arrives as Clinton warns time is running out

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 8, 2012 10:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – Kofi Annan is on the ground in Syria, with a spokesman confirming that the UN special envoy has arrived in Damascus and will meet with embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Annan's arrival comes a day after he admitted to Le Monde that his six-point peace plan "had failed," reports the BBC. It's Annan's third trip to Syria since violence began, notes al-Jazeera, and comes as Hillary Clinton today warned that "the sand is running out of the hourglass" for Assad, reports CNN. State media today reported that Syria's military had conducted "large-scale" maneuvers.

A March for the Syrian People gathers protesters in front of the Pantheon in Paris, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Demonstrators waving Syrian flags took to the streets to protest against Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad.
A March for the Syrian People gathers protesters in front of the Pantheon in Paris, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Demonstrators waving Syrian flags took to the streets to protest against Syrian regime of Bashar...   (Remy de la Mauviniere)
This citizen journalism image released by Shaam News Network taken Friday, July 6, 2012 purports to show a child in a military uniform and flashing the victory sign at an anti-Assad protest in Kafr Nabil, in Northwestern Syria.
This citizen journalism image released by Shaam News Network taken Friday, July 6, 2012 purports to show a child in a military uniform and flashing the victory sign at an anti-Assad protest in Kafr Nabil,...   (Ra'ed Alfares)
In this Saturday, June 30, 2012 file photo, Kofi Annan, who has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
In this Saturday, June 30, 2012 file photo, Kofi Annan, who has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.   (Martial Trezzini)
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HANKHILL
Jul 9, 2012 10:00 AM CDT
you do not talk to al-assend you kill him!
Winston_Smith
Jul 9, 2012 12:09 AM CDT
You will not see brutal dictators leave power voluntarily anymore, They all know that they will get a lifetime cell in the Hague if they do so, so they have nothing to lose by hanging on as long as possible. Either Assad's regime will fall, or it won't. There isn't going to be any negotiated anything.
right2dave
Jul 8, 2012 2:28 PM CDT
Annan should be on a beach someplace enjoying his retirement from all the money the UN sucked off the USA.

 
Syria • Kofi Annan • Bashar al-Assad • Arab Spring • Syrian uprising • Syria opposition

 
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