WORLD_ SYRIA_ Syrian Opposition Votes to Attend Peace Conference

Syrian Opposition Votes to Attend Peace Conference

By SEBNEM ARSU and BEN HUBBARD 
JAN. 18, 2014
The New York Times


STANBUL — Under intense international pressure and facing a boycott from a third of its members, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces voted Saturday to send a delegation to an international peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s civil war.

Of the 75 coalition members who participated, 58 voted for and 14 against. Two members abstained and one cast a blank ballot.

The United States and other international powers have pushed hard for the conference, set to begin Wednesday near Geneva, which they see as the only way to end nearly three years of fighting between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels seeking to push him from power. However, the conference’s success is by no means assured.

The Syrian government has vowed to attend but has tried to shift the focus to fighting “terrorism,” under which it categorizes most opposition to Mr. Assad’s rule. Syrian officials have made it clear that they fully expect Mr. Assad to remain president no matter the outcome of the conference.

While the United States and its allies have insisted that Mr. Assad has no place in a future Syrian government, Saturday’s vote fully reflected the intense divisions among Mr. Assad’s enemies and the deep reservations of many in the opposition to the idea of negotiating with a man they believe should be tried for war crimes.

Forty-four of the coalition’s 119 active members withdrew in opposition before the vote and did not participate.

Sebnem Arsu reported from Istanbul, and Ben Hubbard from Beirut, Lebanon.



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