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Sat Aug 31, 2013, 10:52 AM Aug 2013

If you're interested in KNOWING Syria situation, Wikileaks released 2mil emails in 2010.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/11/30/kerrys_diplomatic_style_revealed_in_wikileaks_release/

The latest trove of diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks provides a rare glimpse into behind-the-scenes meetings Senator John F. Kerry has held with world leaders, offering a window on his style of diplomacy and providing an unvarnished view of his take on some of the United States’ most formidable foreign policy problems.
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(It's been roundly acknowledged that Kerry was the ONLY one who came off well and noticeably consistent in this email release.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18724328

Syria files: Wikileaks releases 2m 'embarrassing' emails

Wikileaks says only by understanding the conflict in Syria can it be resolved

The whistle-blowing website Wikileaks says it is releasing more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and corporations.

"Ground-breaking" news stories derived from the "Syria files" will be published over the next two months, Wikileaks said.

Its founder Julian Assange was quoted as saying the material was embarrassing - not only to Syria but its opponents.

The emails are said to date from August 2006 to March 2012.
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2013/05/14/kerry-expects-syrians-attend-transition-talks/gXF2bc8hEDznrUJcZtg65K/story.html

STOCKHOLM — Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning Tuesday to Syria’s government, saying that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad’s regime decide to back out of upcoming negotiations aimed at ending Syria’s two-year war.

Kerry said he has every expectation that both sides in the conflict, which has left more than 70,000 dead, will participate in an international conference to negotiate a peaceful transition in Syria. The conference, which Kerry said probably will be held in early June, is noteworthy because it will be endorsed by the United States and Russia, which are on opposite sides of the Syrian conflict.

Speaking in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, the top American diplomat rejected suggestions that officials from Assad’s regime will refuse to attend the conference. Earlier Tuesday, Syria’s information minister said the regime wants more details about the proposed initiative before it decides whether to attend.

‘‘If he decides not to come to the table it will be another one of President Assad’s gross miscalculations. Now, I don’t believe that that is the case at this moment,’’ Kerry told reporters in Stockholm.


He added: ‘‘If President Assad decides to miscalculate again about that, as he has miscalculated about his own country’s future over the course of the last years, it is clear the opposition will be receiving additional support, there will be additional efforts made, and unfortunately the violence will not end.’’
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