Syria's Assad meets envoy as regime suffers blow
- Published: 24 Dec 2012 at 18.46
- Online news: World
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held "constructive" talks in Syria on Monday with President Bashar al-Assad, as jihadists seized an area populated by the embattled leader's Alawite community.
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 24, 2012 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meeting with peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in the capital Damascus. Brahimi held "constructive" talks in Syria on Monday with Assad, as jihadists seized an area populated by the embattled leader's Alawite community.
The opposition National Coalition, meanwhile, accused Damascus of committing a "massacre" of dozens of civilians in the bombing of a bakery -- an allegation fended off by the Assad regime.
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