Syrian opposition withdraws from talks over 'shameful' international silence on Aleppo
The main Syrian opposition grouping has said it turned down invitations to visit Washington and Moscow to protest what it described as the "shameful" international silence over destruction of the ancient city of Aleppo by Syrian missile strikes.
The regime is said to have used
Scuds in Aleppo. Photo:
REUTERS
A statement late on Friday by the Syrian National Coalition, an umbrella
group of opposition political forces, said it also had suspended participation
in a Friends of Syria conference of international powers due in Rome next month
to protest the attacks it said have caused many civilian casualties.
"Hundreds or civilians have been killed by Scud missile strikes. Aleppo, the
city and the civilisation, is being destroyed systematically," the statement
said.
"The Russian leadership especially bears moral and political responsibility
for supplying the regime with weapons," it added, referring to Moscow's status
as a leading ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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