Would Assad go for a power-sharing government? I don't think so, but maybe I am wrong. One way or the other,this conflict has to end. Too many people being killed and too many becoming refugees..
Deadly attacks surge as Iran’s foreign minister visits Syria
DAMASCUS — Iran’s foreign minister, who negotiated his country’s nuclear deal with world powers, discussed ways of ending Syria’s civil war with President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, as attacks surged around the Syrian capital, killing at least 36 people and wounding dozens.
Stepped-up rebel shelling and government airstrikes came just a few hours before Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Damascus, where he discussed a four-point proposal Iran wants to offer to the United Nations as a way out of Syria’s grinding conflict.
That plan, according to a Lebanese politician familiar with the proposal, includes a cease-fire and a power-sharing government that would keep Assad in the picture, at least for now, pending internationally supervised elections. The politician, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge details of the plan, said it shows the Iranians were ‘‘not ready’’ to withdraw their support for Assad.
Syrian state-run TV quoted Zarif as saying after talks with Assad that their discussion focused on ways of ending the Syrian crisis.
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Deadly attacks surge as Iran’s foreign minister visits Syria
DAMASCUS — Iran’s foreign minister, who negotiated his country’s nuclear deal with world powers, discussed ways of ending Syria’s civil war with President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, as attacks surged around the Syrian capital, killing at least 36 people and wounding dozens.
Stepped-up rebel shelling and government airstrikes came just a few hours before Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Damascus, where he discussed a four-point proposal Iran wants to offer to the United Nations as a way out of Syria’s grinding conflict.
That plan, according to a Lebanese politician familiar with the proposal, includes a cease-fire and a power-sharing government that would keep Assad in the picture, at least for now, pending internationally supervised elections. The politician, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge details of the plan, said it shows the Iranians were ‘‘not ready’’ to withdraw their support for Assad.
Syrian state-run TV quoted Zarif as saying after talks with Assad that their discussion focused on ways of ending the Syrian crisis.
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/08/12/deadly-attacks-surge-iran-foreign-minister-visits-