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Food supplies enter besieged suburb of Syrian capital
Food supplies have begun entering a besieged suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus. In an apparent goodwill gesture by President Assad's government ahead of peace talks, aid was allowed through to Yarmouk, a predominantly Palestinian community.
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Food supplies enter besieged suburb of Syrian capital
Assad 'not ready to give up power' in Syria
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said he is not ready to give up power and the issue is not up for discussion at the Geneva peace talks next week, Interfax reports.
He reportedly told Russian parliamentarians: "If we wanted to give up, we would have done so at the very beginning. We are on guard for our country. This issue is not up for discussion."
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William Hague welcomes Syria peace talks progress
William Hague has voiced his support for the Syrian National Coalition's decision to attend peace talks next week aimed at ending the country's bloody civil war.
The foreign secretary said the western-backed group hold a "vision of a democratic and pluralist Syria."
Syrian political opposition agrees to peace talks
The main Syrian political opposition group in exile, the Syrian National Coalition, said it had agreed y to attend internationally sponsored peace talks beginning in Switzerland next week.
The "Geneva 2" talks with representatives from President Bashar al-Assad's government start in Montreux on Wednesday and are seen as the most serious international effort yet to end the near three-year conflict.
Syrian opposition 'agrees to participate' in peace talks
The Western-backed Syrian opposition coalition has agreed to participate in international peace talks in Geneva, Reuters reports.
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Food supplies enter besieged suburb of Syrian capital
Food supplies have begun entering a besieged suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus.