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Report: Assad Could Get Safe Passage to Join Syria Talks

HeadlineJun 21, 2012

The Guardian is reporting the United States and Britain could offer clemency and safe passage to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in order to convene possible U.N.-sponsored talks on a political transition in Syria. The paper reports U.S. and UK leaders received encouragement at the G20 summit in private talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Syrian ally, around the possibility of negotiating a Syrian transition. Under the deal, Assad could be offered safe passage to attend a conference on the country’s future.

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