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Report: Iran advancing Syria power transition – Israel News, Ynetnews.

Kuweiti paper says Islamic Republic, China and Russia agree on plan that will see Syrian president step down, receive asylum elsewhere; Report claims Assad agrees to parameters

Roi Kais

Senior Arab diplomats said the governments of Iran, Russia, China and other Syrian allies have concluded that there is no solution to the Syrian crisis that will see President Bashar Assad stay in power, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai reported on Saturday.

The report quoted the Arab diplomats as saying that the countries are now trying to advance a proposal by which Assadwill leave Syria and receive asylum elsewhere.

According to the sources, during the transition period, Syria will set up a strong army consisting of members of the Free Syrian Army and uniformed personnel who “do no have blood on their hands.” The paper claimed that the plan also received support from the United States and Europe.  

The report, which has not been confirmed by any other source, claims that Assad has agreed to the parameters of the proposal, and told his allies that while he can no longer rule over the country, he does not want to hand it over to terrorists.

Regional alliance?

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Friday said that Iran will present a proposal to end the Syrian crisis during the summit of Non-Aligned countries slated to take place in Tehran at the end of August. According to Salehi, Iran is willing to host talks between the Syrian government and Syrian opposition members after the summit.

However, Lebanese paper al-Akbar, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, quoted Salehi as saying that he staunchly supports the Syrian regime, which he claimed is “a center pillar of Iran’s foreign policy and a central element in the resistance against Israel

Meanwhile, the head of the intelligence unit of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was quoted as saying on Saturday that Iran has a responsibility to support Assad’s government as it fights an armed uprising.

“We all have a responsibility to support Syria and not allow the line of resistance to be broken,” Fars news agency quoted Hossein Taeb, the intelligence unit head, as saying.

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