About Syria envoy meets Assad, says conflict is global threat

BEIRUT (Reuters) - International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday that the escalating conflict in the country posed a global threat. Activists say 27,000 people have been killed in the 18-month-old uprising against Assad. Late on Saturday, 20 bodies, including a woman's, were found by residents in a district of Damascus that had been overrun by Assad's troops, a watchdog said. ...




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