Syrian President Bashar Assad: Syrian National Coalition

Syrian National Coalition: The Syrian National Coalition said if those conditions are not met by the deadline, then it will not attend the so-called Geneva 2 conference that is scheduled to begin Wednesday. The U.N. issued a last-minute invitation late Sunday to Iran, a close ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, prompting the Coalition to threaten to sit out the peace talks and throwing the entire Geneva conference into doubt, according to 660 News. In its statement, the Coalition called on Iran to make a clear public commitment to withdraw all of its troops and militias from Syria, commit to all the terms of a 2012 roadmap for Syria agreed to by world powers that includes a transitional government with full executive powers and BEIRUT Syrias main Western-backed opposition group said Monday that Iran must commit publicly by 7 p.m. GMT to withdraw its troops and militias from Syria and abide by a 2012 transitional roadmap, or else the U.N. should withdraw its invitation for Tehran to take part in a peace conference. The negotiations are intended to bring together for the first time representatives of President Bashar Assads government and members of the Western-backed opposition that is trying to overthrow him. The conference aims to broker a political resolution to a conflict that has killed more than 130,000 people and touched off the worst humanitarian crisis in decades. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.