Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
The Scourge of Hama...
's departure.
"According to news sources at the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization....
foreign ministers conference in Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State John F.
I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
and Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov met and seemed to share similar views regarding the Syrian crisis," said the National Coalition.
"Any solutions must take into account the demands of the Syrian people, which include freedom from tyranny, and most importantly, the departure of Assad," it added.
Kerry's one-on-one meeting on Tuesday with Lavrov was largely devoted to the deteriorating situation in Syria and the need for a political solution "based on the Geneva framework," a U.S. official said.
The June 2012 Geneva accord laid down plans to ensure a political transition in Syria, but it makes no specific mention on whether Assad should give up power.