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Syria Opposition Insists on Assad's Departure Before Any Deal
(AFP-Al Arabiya) Syria's main opposition National Coalition on Wednesday implicitly rejected a U.S.-Russian initiative for dialogue with the regime. "The National Coalition welcomes all international efforts which call for a political solution to achieve the aspirations of the Syrian people and their hope for a democratic state, so long as they begin with the departure of Bashar al-Assad and his regime," the opposition umbrella group said. The U.S.-Russian initiative is based on an international deal agreed in Geneva last year that makes no mention of Assad stepping down. The Geneva deal, which calls for a transitional government but makes no mention of Assad's fate, "should be the roadmap," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said after talks in Moscow on Tuesday.