Syrian opposition 'fed up with terrorists', seeks help against Assad


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Mar 2017

Syria's opposition delegation leader Nasr al-Hariri (C) arrives for a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan/Pool

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition rejects terrorism and is "fed up" with banned militants but they cannot be stopped if Syria continues evicting populations of besieged areas, opposition negotiator Basma Kodmani said on Sunday.

Syria's government has always cited the fight against terrorism to justify its part in a six-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands, and brands all its opponents and their backers as terrorists and sponsors of terror.

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