Political Process Only Alternative to 'Hell' in Syria

A political transition in Syria requires a role for the Alawite community in preventing the collapse of the state and its institutions.
U.N.-Arab League peace mediator Lakhdar Brahimi (L) of Algeria and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a joint news conference in Moscow December 29, 2012. The international mediator seeking to end the 21-month-old conflict in Syria met Russia's foreign minister in Moscow on Saturday after talks in Damascus but expectations of progress toward a negotiated solution were low. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS)
U.N.-Arab League peace mediator Lakhdar Brahimi (L) of Algeria and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attended a joint news conference in Moscow December 29, 2012. - REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi visited Damascus and Moscow this week in a renewed initiative to bring an end to the war in Syria.

Brahimi said the situation in Syria is “bad and worsening” and “presents a grave danger not just to the Syrian people, but also to the neighboring countries and the world.”

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