U.S. may be open to Islamists joining Syrian rebel coalition
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-willing-to-support-a-syrian-rebel-coalition-that-would-include-islamist-groups/2013/12/12/e400fc86-636d-11e3-aa81-e1dab1360323_story.html
3 conditions, la dernière me paraissant inexplicable si les deux premières sont remplies.
The Obama administration is willing to consider supporting an expanded Syrian rebel coalition that would include Islamist groups, provided the groups are not allied with al-Qaeda and agree to support upcoming peace talks in Geneva, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.
In addition, the official said, the Americans would like the Islamic Front groups to return U.S. vehicles, communications gear and other non-lethal equipment they seized last weekend from warehouses at the Syria-Turkey border.
Plus loin encore,
“whatever happens with the reorganization” of the armed opposition, the official said, “we want our stuff back.” The equipment, including vehicles and communications and medical equipment, was part of a program, administered by the State Department, to send U.S. non-lethal supplies to the SMC. A separate program, run by the CIA, distributes small arms and ammunition to the rebels.
En fait des contacts auraient déjà été pris dans le mois dernier, en vain,
Talks between U.S. envoy Robert Ford and Islamic Front figures held in Turkey last month were inconclusive, said the senior U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the developing policy.
Une nouvelle rencontre est prévue aujourd’hui,
Ford is traveling to London on Friday to meet with other international backers of the Syrian opposition, and then to Turkey for discussions with the Syrian Opposition Coalition, the U.S.-backed political leadership. He may also meet there with the Islamic Front, said the senior official.
Quant à Salim Idriss, il est loin d’être certain que sa « fuite » en soit une.
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