Sunday, August 5, 2012

Clinton visits Turkey for Syria talks as army pounds rebels in Aleppo


Syrian army prepares for a ground assault on rebels quarters in Aleppo. (Reuters)
Syrian army prepares for a ground assault on rebels quarters in Aleppo. (Reuters)
U.S. Secretary State of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Turkey next week to hold talks with the Turkish government on Syria, a State Department spokeswoman said on Sunday.

“Secretary Clinton goes to Istanbul for bilateral consultations with the Turkish government on Syria as well as to cover other timely issues,” spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement to reporters. The talks in Istanbul would be held on August 11, she added

The leader of Syria's main political opposition group said he was ready to negotiate with government officials whose hands are not "stained with blood", once President Bashar al-Assad and his associates leave power, according to an interview published on Sunday.


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