Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
's regime, according to reports.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir earlier welcomed the delegates and warned that Assad could be ousted militarily if he does not step down peacefully. He then left the gathering to allow the Syrians to continue their meeting on Wednesday.
The peace talks are expected by world powers to take place on Jan. 1. The Syrian opposition delegates want it to be held in the presence of Al-Jubeir.
The meeting, attended by some 100 delegates, also discussed terrorism, a cease-fire, reconstruction, and the role of the UN, according to reports.
The delegates want the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces to unify all anti-Assad groups, and ensure that a political solution is found to the conflict.
The talks are being chaired by Abdul Aziz Sager, a Saudi who heads the independent Gulf Research Center in Geneva.
While not all groups were invited, the closed-door meeting marks the first time a broad range of Syrian political and armed opposition factions have come together since the conflict started in 2011.
There has been a growing diplomatic push for a resolution to the Syrian conflict, which has killed more than 250,000 people and forced millions from their homes.