Syrian Government Invites Opposition For Talks -- The Telegraph
The Syrian government on Monday night invited opposition figures to talks in the first sign of cracks in the regime's hardline response to the three-month uprising against its rule.
The invitation was issued as the first legal gathering of opposition figures for decades was allowed in the capital, Damascus. Among the 100 people at the meeting were former political prisoners of the Ba'athist regime of President Bashar al-Assad who called for a transition to democracy.
"The tyrannical regime in power must go," said Louay Hussein, a lawyer jailed by Mr Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, for communist activities. "We are here to speak openly and freely. The political system may fall and we must work from now to prevent society from crumbling."
A joint statement from the dissidents promised to continue the "peaceful uprising" against the regime.
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