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Syria News - Mar 14 , 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 13 March 2016

Ahead of peace talks Syria government says the future of Bashar Assad is nonnegotiable, his ouster is a 'red line' - AFP

VIDEO: Syria FM: "We will not negotiate with anyone on the presidency. Bashar [Assad] is red line and belongs to the Syrian people” - YouTube

Syria's opposition leader says Assad must go in a political transition, dead or alive - Business Standard News

VIDEO: Assad must go dead or alive: Syrian opposition leader - YouTube

Kerry accuses Syria FM of 'disrupting' peace talks over Bashar al-Assad red line - The Independent

VIDEO: Kerry claims Syrian FM’s comments on Assad transition ‘disruptive’ - YouTube

UN envoy de Mistura says Kurds must be able to give views on Syria's future even if they are not invited to the peace talks in Geneva - ekurd.net

The PYD says it will not accept any other format for the Kurds' participation in the peace process but the UN Geneva talks - sputniknews.com

U.S. supports 'proper consultations' with Syrian Kurds in Geneva peace talks, says final decision to invite the PYD left to U.N envoy Staffan de Mistura - ekurd.net

US secretly backs federal future, say Syria's Kurds - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Russia insists on UN sending invitation to Kurds for Syrian peace talks, notes that their participation was blocked by Turkey - sputniknews.com

Russia: Turkish troops in Syria for operation against Kurds - ABC News

Russia asks EU to clarify position on Turkey’s plans for Syrian safe zones - sputniknews.com

Syrian FM praises Kurdish role against IS ahead of Geneva talk - rudaw.net

Disagreement emerges between the Syrian regime and PYD over future of Afrin - BasNews

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Al-Qaida affiliated Nusra Front seizes weapons and bases from U.S.-backed Syrian rebels, seven FSA fighters dead and other arrested - AP

More on Nusra Front attack on FSA Division 13 headquarters in Idlib - The Long War Journal

In a nutshell, FSA group Division 13 no longer exists in Maaret AlNoman. City now fully under Nusra - Jenan Moussa on Twitter

Seems main factions Faylaq al-Sham & Ahrar al-Sham haven't done anything to help FSA Division 13 against Nusra - Al-Tamimi on Twitter

Nusra Front broke up opposition protest in Idlib last Friday - NOW

VIDEO: Syrian pro-democracy protesters attacked by Jabhat al-Nusra in Maaret AlNoamm last Friday as they return to streets during ceasefire - The Independent

VIDEO: Maaret AlNoamn residents protesting against Nusra - liveuamap.com

VIDEO: Women’s demonstration against Nusra in Maaret AlNoamn - Aghiad Al Kheder on Twitter

Nusra threatened to fire on anti-government protesters last Monday - Yahoo News

Nusra deflects blame for protest suppression, says ‘mandate flag…sows division’ - Syria Direct

MAP: Al-Nusra strongholds in Idlib - washingtoninstitute.org

A jihadi crackdown on demonstrators in Idlib is testing the alliance between two of the insurgency’s most powerful factions, Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham - Syria Deeply

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