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Opposition agrees framework for peace talks

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35060935


A meeting of Syrian opposition politicians and rebels in Riyadh has produced a statement of principles to guide peace talks with the government.

The statement called for "a pluralistic regime that represents all sectors of the Syrian people", according to the Reuters news agency. 

It also stresses that President Basher al-Assad and his aids can play no part in any transitional period.

 Earlier the powerful rebel group Ahrar al-Sham withdrew from the conference. (...)

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URGENT: Syrian Army Withdraws from Parts of Homs Town of Maheen
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940919000286

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Os primeiros Tornados alemaēs partem para participar na ofensiva contra o Estado Islâmico

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Assad compra petróleo ao Estado Islâmico no valor de 40 milhões de dólares por mês.

Assad kauft Öl vom IS für 40 Millionen Dollar im Monat
http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article149840623/Assad-kauft-Oel-vom-IS-fuer-40-Millionen-Dollar-im-Monat.html

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 Syrian opposition to meet government for talks in early January

http://reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0TT0W420151210

   A joint team of Syria's political and armed opposition will meet the government next month for talks seeking a political solution to nearly five years of conflict, the chairman of a Saudi-hosted opposition conference said on Friday.

 More than 100 members of Syria's opposition parties and rebel fighting groups agreed at the end of two days of talks in Riyadh to work together to prepare for talks with President Basher al-Assad's government.   

But the final hours of the meeting, which excluded Islamic State and Nusra Front fighters as well as the main Kurdish force controlling large parts of northern Syria, were overshadowed by protest of the powerful insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham. (.. )

A statement at the end of the two-days conference said Assad should leave power at the start of a transitional period, and called for an all-inclusive, democratic civic state. It also commited to preserve state institutions. (..)

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Siria esta disposta a negociar, mas não com terroristas, diz Assad

http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2015/12/siria-esta-disposta-negociar-mas-nao-com-terroristas-diz-assad.html

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Any Force That Threatens Russia Should Be Destroyed - Putin
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151211/1031576968/putin-terrorists-should-be-destroyed.html

"Our soldiers in Syria are, first and foremost, defending their country. Our actions there aren’t motivated by some obscure and abstract geopolitical interests or a desire to train our forces and test new weapons – which is of course an important goal as well. Our main objective is to avert a threat to the Russian Federation," Putin said during a meeting with the Russian Defense Ministry officials.

"I won't give exact figures now because this will be said by the defense minister in his report, but I'll say the main thing. The combined use of force from the Aerospace Forces and the Navy, the use of the newest precise systems of weaponry has allowed us to deliver serious damage to the infrastructure of terrorists, and has seriously changed the situation in Syria," Putin said during a meeting with the Defense Ministry.

Putin Orders to Coordinate Russia's Actions in Syria With US Coalition
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151211/1031577972/putin-syria-coalition-cooperation.html

"It is important to enhance cooperation with all the countries which are really interested in eliminating terrorists. I am speaking of the contacts aimed at ensuring safety with Israeli Air Force command posts and with the forces of the anti-Daesh coalition led by the United States," the Russian head of state said, speaking before the Defense Ministry board meeting.

Daesh Controls About 70% of Syria - Russian Defense Ministry
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151211/1031577895/daesh-defense-syria-russia.html

"Daesh is spreading: the militants control about 70% of Syrian territory and the majority of Iraq. The number [of terrorists] is close to 60,000. They might transfer to Central Asia and the Caucasus," Shoigu added.

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Arab media see hope, obstacles after Riyadh talks

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35070467

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Syrian war redraws country's economic map
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/12/syria-war-impact-economy-division.html

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IS triple truck suicide bombs in Syria kill 50-60 in Kurdish-held town - Kurds

http://reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0TU0P020151211?irpc=932

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Syrian Groups Start to Quit ’Unified Talks’ in Riyadh
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=244066&cid=23&fromval=1&frid=23&seccatid=28&s1=1

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Putin announces that Russia backs rebels of the FSA with weapons

He says too that he has ordered Russian troops to act "very toughly" in Syria

http://reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0TU1B020151211

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US-led coalition says it killed IS 'finance minister'

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/11/middleeast/isis-finance-minister-abu-saleh-killed/

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