Syrian forces storm town amid reports of armed resistance
Syrian forces storm town amid reports of armed resistance
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According to World Tribune online, the administration of President Barack Obama has been quietly consulting with the Islamic opposition in Syria.
Senior US officials have been meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood as well as its lobbyists in the United States. They said the two sides have convened several times over the last three months to discuss the Brotherhood's role after the ouster of President Bashar Assad.
"We ask the US and international community to put an end to bloodshed and send Bashar Assad to the International Criminal Court," Susan Misto, a board member of the Syrian American Council, said.
The Reform Party in Syria has protested the administration's meetings with the Brotherhood. RPS, regarded as one of the most pro-Western elements in the Syrian opposition, said Washington was signaling its endorsement of the Brotherhood's goal to make Syria into an Islamic state rather than a democracy that would foster its large minority community of Alawites, Christians and Kurds.
"This ill-advised policy of the US State Department will have dire consequences, not only for the future of Syria, but also through an immediate increase in violence and the strengthening of the Assad base," RPS said on Sept. 23.
On Sept. 24, the council, regarded as a lobbyist for the Brotherhood, held a meeting in Anaheim, Calif. to discuss a post-Assad Syria. The session was addressed by US special envoy Frederic Hof, responsible for US policy on Damascus.
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