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ThemainSyrianoppositiongroupsaysitwon’tattendmeetingsinWashington,MoscowandRomeinprotestsatwhatitdescribesastheinternationalcommunities’silenceoverrecentmissilestrikesonAleppo.HereisJimMuir.>>>>
Oppositionleadersareclearlyworriedthatthecoalitionrisksbeingdiscreditedandgettingdangerouslyoutoftouchwithrealitiesonthegroundifitgetsdrawnintoadiplomaticprocesswhichwouldinvolvecompromisingwiththeregimewhichshowsnosignsofreadinesstostepdown.Theyarealsoenragedbytheincreasingusebytheregimeof>>>>Russian-suppliedScudmissileswhichhavebeenhittingrebel-heldpartsofAlepporecentlywithdevastatingresults.There’sevenasuspicionthatRussiantechniciansmaybefiringthem.HencetheirreluctancetotreattheRussiansashonestbrokersinpoliticalsettlementefforts.
Iranhassaidit>>>>’sselected16potentialsitestobuildnuclearpowerplants.Thecountry’sAtomicEnergyAssociationalsoannouncedthediscoveryofsignificantdepositsofrawuranium,triplingknownnationalreserves.AnalystssaytheannouncementscouldcomplicatetalksaboutIran’scontroversialnuclear>>>>programmeduetostartinKazakhstanonTuesday.
PresidentHollandofFrancehassaidthatFrenchtroopsleadingthefightagainstIslamistinsurgents>>>>inMaliareinthefinalphaseofdrivingthemfromtheirmountainhideouts.FromParis,HughSchofieldreports.
PresidentHollandesaidthatFrenchtroopswerenowengagedinthefightingintheIfoghasMountainsneartheAlgerianborder.Itwasherethatlargenumbersofwhathecalledtheterroristshadtakenrefuge.“Thisreallyisthelastphase”hesaid"becauseit’sherethataconcentratedtheforcesoverAlQaedaintheIslamicMaghreb,thegroupwhichisbelievedtobeholdingseveralFrenchhostages."ThepresidentalsopaidhomagetoChadianforceswhowereengagedinheavyfightinginthesameareaonFridayasresultofwhichsome65Islamistsand13Chadiansoldierswerekilled.
Threepro-KurdishMPsinTurkeyhavevisitedAbdullahOcalan,theleaderoftheKurdishmilitantorganizationthePKKinhisislandjail.Ontheirreturn,theMPssaidMr.Ocalanhassignaledthatcaptives
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>>>>heldbythePKKcouldbereleasedaspartofapeaceprocess.ThePKKandtheTurkishgovernmentarereportedlyclosetoadealunderwhichTurkish-Kurdswouldendtheirinsurgencyinexchangeforgreaterminorityrights.>>>