(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security services issued warrants for most of the opposition negotiating team members who are due to participate in the Internationally brokered Geneva talks with Syrian regime on Jan.25, according to the leaked intelligence archive obtained by Zaman al-Wasl.
The intelligence has issued two warrants (539871-894223) for the delegation head Brigadier General,Assad al-Zoubi, 60, Southern Front's representative.
- Warrant No. (85053) issued for George Sabra.
- Warrant No. (83909) issued for the senior negotiator Mohamed Alloush, 45, a political figure in the Jaysh al-Islam (Islam Army) rebel group that is deemed a terrorist group by Damascus and Moscow.
-Two warrants (453334,842861) issued for veteran opposition figure Haitham al-Maleh.
- Three warrants for Abdulbaset al-Taweel.
- Three warrants for Suhair Atassi.
-Three warrants issued for Mohamed Nazir al-Hakim.
-Two warrants issued for Bassma Kodmani.
-Warrant issued for Mohamed Burhan Attour.
- Travel ban warrant issued for Alice Ramez Mufrej.
Riad Hijab, who heads the opposition council formed in Riyadh last month, has accused Russia of impeding negotiations, and also told a news conference in Riyadh on Wednesday that the opposition could not negotiate while Syrians were dying as a result of blockades and bombardment, Reuters reported.
He also announced the names of opposition figures that would take part in any talks. They included Mohamed Alloush, a political figure in the Jaysh al-Islam (Islam Army) rebel group that is deemed a terrorist group by Damascus and Moscow.
Meanwhile, the U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday that Internationally brokered talks between Syria's regime and opposition groups due to start on Jan. 25 may be delayed, according to Reuters.
A Syrian opposition council backed by Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it will not attend the negotiations in Geneva with the government if a third group takes part, a reference to a Russian bid to widen the opposition team.
De Mistura spoke in an interview with broadcaster CNN, hours after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks in Zurich despite no sign of agreement on who should represent the opposition.
A delay of one or two days in the start of the talks not be the end of the world, a U.S. State Department spokesman said later on Wednesday in Washington.
The United Nations said on Monday it would not issue invitations to the talks until major powers promoting the negotiations, which include the United States and Russia, agree which rebel representatives should attend.
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