Members of the Syrian National coalition in Istanbul Syria's main opposition grouping said Monday it was willing to attend peace talks on the condition that President Bashar al-Assad transfer power and is excluded from any transition process. The National Coalition "is willing to participate in the (peace) conference on the basis of the full transfer of power... and that Bashar al-Assad and those with the blood of Syrians on their hands have no role in the transitional phase and Syria's future," the group said in a statement.
The decision, in a statement issued by the Coalition's General Assembly after two days of meetings in Istanbul, lists other conditions for the opposition's participation in mooted peace talks in Geneva.
It calls for humanitarian corridors to be opened to allow relief to trapped Syrians and the evacuation of civilians and for the release of prisoners.
Source: AFP