Friends of Syria meet as conflict escalates
May 22, 2013  19:08
Backers of the Syrian uprising were to meet in Amman with the opposition today to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks, as the two-year conflict escalated close to the border with Lebanon. 

"Today's effort ... is part of a political path aimed at ending the violence and bloodshed," Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague before the meeting of the so-called Friends of Syria group.
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