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Negotiations held between SNC and Syrian government
Syrian officials tour Europe!
Hijab, Nirbeh com-
pete to head SNC
Abdel Azim
revives travel
ban
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PAGE 4
New Battle
launched in
al-Hasakah
New president to be
elected in Al-Jazirah
province
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2. Page NO.2The Electronic Newsletter for Syrian News NO0 )514( 2014/6/20
Negotiations held between SNC and Syrian government
Islamic front warns ISISHijab, Nirbeh compete
to head SNC
An informed source in Da-
mascus talked about Nego-
tiations between the current,
former coalition members
and Syrian security officials
are reportedly being held in
order to settle their situation,
ahead of organizing govern-
Islamic Front in the Eastern
Ghouta warned, in a state-
ment, the Islamic State in
Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) it
will pay a heavy price for
carrying out assassinations
against Muslims.The state-
ment came in response to
ISIS assassination of the
The democratic bloc has
agreed on to nominate Mo-
ufaq Nirbeh to run for the
presidency of the Syrian Na-
tional Coalition as succes-
sor to Ahmad Jarba, who no
longer has a right to run ac-
cording to the SNC rules of
procedure.Hadi Bahra, nom-
inated by Jarba himself, has
failed to get enough votes.
In a related context, the ad-
visory body held a meeting
under the title of “compat-
ibility” for nominating the
dissident PM, Riad Hijab
to be a competitor to Nir-
beh According to a media
source, Walid al-Omari also
decided to run.
ment-supervised national
conference in Damascus
soon, an informed source
in Damascus revealed.”18
SNC members asked to have
their situations settled, some
of whom may be turned
down”, the source added.
defected judge Anas Qwy-
der, who slammed ISIS for
torturing war prisoners and
other misconducts. On the
other hand, SISI sacked its
Jarabuls ruler Abu Baker
al-Masri, after a videotape
showing him abusing a dis-
abled elder went viral.

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New president to be
elected in Al-Jazirah
province
The Legislative Council of
the democratic self-ruled
administration in Kurdish-
majority areas in Al-Jazirah
province said it started to
receive bids for electing a
new governor.The bids are
must be submitted to the
Province`s Supreme Consti-
tutional Court located in Qa-
mishli city”, according to the
Council spokesman, “candi-
date must be at least 35 years
old, a Syrian national from
the Province, enjoy civil and
political rights and not con-
victed of a dishonorable fel-
ony, even if he was reinstat-
ed”, the spokesman added.
SRF denies attack on Aleppo warehouses
New Battle launched in al-Hasakah
40 Syrian soldiers killed in Qalamoun
Hama blast kills scores
Syrian Revolutionaries
Front refuted the accusa-
tions circulated by (Zaman
Al-Wasel) webpage about
seizing weapons depots in
Ameriyah and Al-Bouidah
areas in Aleppo. According
to the same source, a con-
voy of 20 military vehicles
raided Ameriyah town, de-
taining a rival battalion`s
media spokesman, and forc-
ing him to reveal the place
of reserve depot.
Pro-Kurdish websites pub-
lished a statement attributed
Rebel fighting battalions
in al-Qalamoun said they
have killed 40 army sol-
diers while infiltrating
The Islamic Front said it
has detonated a truck load-
ed with more than 10 tons
of highly explosive materi-
als in al-Harrah village, al-
Ghab Plain, Hama country-
side.More than 35 civilians
killed, scores injured in the
ear-deafening blast.
to ISIS-linked Fatiheen Bri-
gade declaring the From-
Scratch Battle aimed to take
over al-Hasakah province,
particularly Qamilshli city.
According to the statement,
the hardline Brigade is seek-
ing vengeance from Kurds,
Christians, NDF and SAA.
Jarrod Qalamoun. Bloody
battles continue to take
lives there, according to
sources.

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Syrian officials tour Europe!
Abdel Azim revives travel ban
Syria political and media
adviser Bouthaina Shaaban
is in Oslo now in her first
visit to a European country
since the two-years Euro-
pean-American sanctions
imposed against her, Diplo-
matic officials told al-Hay-
at newspaper.In parallel, a
Syrian senior Security of-
ficial is reportedly touring
Europe to discuss ways of
joint cooperation to fight
terrorism. Norwegian gov-
ernment granted Shaaban
access to hold closed-door
discussions with Arab, for-
eign officials; as well as
Syrian anti-government fig-
ures. The event is sponsored
by Oslo forum.Recently-
held Syrian-Russian talks
underlined carrying out the
reconciliations in replace of
Geneva course which calls
for forming a transitional
governing body, shipping
out Syria`s chemical arse-
nal and drafting internation-
ally agreed-on resolution
to facilitate humanitarian
aids access to Syria. There
are divisions inside the Eu-
ropean Union about how to
handle the Syrian file; coun-
tries like Czech Republic,
Austria and Poland voiced
will for direct involvement,
while Britain and France
Hassan Abdel Azim, general
coordinator of National Co-
ordinating Body, said that
the government has issued
a decree banning him from
leaving Syrian territory.
Abdel Azim was unable to
leave Damascus because of
a travel ban issued by secu-
rity authorities, based on the
declaration of emergency
state which was lifted in a
presidential decree in 2011.
disapproved altogether.
In the same context, some
countries censured the se-
cret visits paid by some EU
officials to Damascus, con-
ferring with assistant FM
Hussam al-Deen Ilah, in-
stead of keeping on formal
contact with protocol chief
in Syria’s Foreign Ministry.