A senior U.S. official on Sunday urged the Syrian opposition to attend a planned international meeting in Rome immediately, saying it turned out an opportunity for rebels to make their case to get more support.
The state run, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was clearly dissension among the opposition about the utility of such meetings and several members have signaled they will often not attend.
Nearly 70,000 individuals have been killed in Syria's civil war within the last 22 months since fighting broke out between rebels wanting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and government forces and allied militias.
There appear to be growing tensions between the fighters on a lawn and opposition members beyond your country.
"The Syrian opposition leadership is under severe pressure now from the membership, in the Syrian people, to get more support in the international community as well as in that context there's a lot of internal discussion in regards to the valuation on gonna international conferences," the state told reporters travelling with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
"The point that we're scheming to make ... is because offer an opportunity in Rome with all the meeting the Italians have agreed to host to see the countries which have been their greatest supporters," the state run said.
The Syrian National Coalition said last month 22 which it had rejected invitations to check out Washington and Moscow to protest just what it identified as international silence in the destruction from the historic town of Aleppo by government missile strikes.
On Saturday, the U.S. State Department issued an announcement condemning a Syrian army Scud missile attack that killed dozens of people on Friday in Aleppo, and invited the opposition for talks on finding a negotiated settlement on the conflict.
Opportunity to MEET KERRY
Invitations from Washington and Moscow ended up extended to opposition coalition leader Mouz Alkhatib after he met the Russian and U.S. foreign ministers in Munich earlier this year.
Alkhatib, a cleric from Damascus who may have said he is morally obliged to attempt to seek an exit for Assad without more bloodshed, has been criticized by others inside SNC for acting alone.
Thursday's planned meeting, which Kerry is predicted to attend as well as European, Arab and Turkish officials, is a chance for the opposition "to make their case for where these are the support were definitely, also they are they desire and why," the senior U.S. official said.
The talks would also allow the opposition to satisfy Kerry, who took office last month 1 which is making his first trip as secretary of state to Europe and the Middle East.
"They must be going to need to make (their unique) decision but we greatly hope that we'll provide an opportunity to hear from them also to help them in the years ahead," the official said.
The official said U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, who was simply withdrawn from the country at least a year ago due to the violence, was visiting Cairo on Sunday night to fulfill the opposition as the top U.S. diplomat for your Middle East, Beth Jones, would soon fly to Rome.
Kerry come to London on Sunday and is also scheduled to visit Berlin, Paris, Rome, Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha before going back to Washington on March
Rocket attacks with an eastern districts of Aleppo, Syria's industrial and commercial hub, killed a minimum of 29 people on Friday and trapped a household of 10 within the ruins of their home, opposition activists inside city said.
The state run, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was clearly dissension among the opposition about the utility of such meetings and several members have signaled they will often not attend.
Nearly 70,000 individuals have been killed in Syria's civil war within the last 22 months since fighting broke out between rebels wanting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and government forces and allied militias.
There appear to be growing tensions between the fighters on a lawn and opposition members beyond your country.
"The Syrian opposition leadership is under severe pressure now from the membership, in the Syrian people, to get more support in the international community as well as in that context there's a lot of internal discussion in regards to the valuation on gonna international conferences," the state told reporters travelling with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
"The point that we're scheming to make ... is because offer an opportunity in Rome with all the meeting the Italians have agreed to host to see the countries which have been their greatest supporters," the state run said.
The Syrian National Coalition said last month 22 which it had rejected invitations to check out Washington and Moscow to protest just what it identified as international silence in the destruction from the historic town of Aleppo by government missile strikes.
On Saturday, the U.S. State Department issued an announcement condemning a Syrian army Scud missile attack that killed dozens of people on Friday in Aleppo, and invited the opposition for talks on finding a negotiated settlement on the conflict.
Opportunity to MEET KERRY
Invitations from Washington and Moscow ended up extended to opposition coalition leader Mouz Alkhatib after he met the Russian and U.S. foreign ministers in Munich earlier this year.
Alkhatib, a cleric from Damascus who may have said he is morally obliged to attempt to seek an exit for Assad without more bloodshed, has been criticized by others inside SNC for acting alone.
Thursday's planned meeting, which Kerry is predicted to attend as well as European, Arab and Turkish officials, is a chance for the opposition "to make their case for where these are the support were definitely, also they are they desire and why," the senior U.S. official said.
The talks would also allow the opposition to satisfy Kerry, who took office last month 1 which is making his first trip as secretary of state to Europe and the Middle East.
"They must be going to need to make (their unique) decision but we greatly hope that we'll provide an opportunity to hear from them also to help them in the years ahead," the official said.
The official said U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, who was simply withdrawn from the country at least a year ago due to the violence, was visiting Cairo on Sunday night to fulfill the opposition as the top U.S. diplomat for your Middle East, Beth Jones, would soon fly to Rome.
Kerry come to London on Sunday and is also scheduled to visit Berlin, Paris, Rome, Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha before going back to Washington on March
Rocket attacks with an eastern districts of Aleppo, Syria's industrial and commercial hub, killed a minimum of 29 people on Friday and trapped a household of 10 within the ruins of their home, opposition activists inside city said.
