Annan in Syria for Assad talks

UN special envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Sun, 08 Jul, 2012 - 17:27

UN special envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The visit comes a day after Annan acknowledged in an interview that the international community’s efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed.

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