The U.S. and the Russia have a limited confrontation in Syria . I did not understand why U.S opposed Annan's inclusion of Iran if there is a meeting on June 30 in Geneva . It has a relation with the regional issue of Middle -East . The violence in Syria is not like a civil war but sliding into a Proxy war as a certain states support the regime or the opposition .
Syrian officials have rejected the characterization of the conflict as a civil war, saying government forces are fighting armed terrorists.
Anti-Assad activists have reported the extensive use of Russian-made helicopter gunships in the siege of Al Heffa and attacks in the nearby port of Latakia, a relatively new tactic in Mr. Assad’s campaign to crush the uprising and a possible reflection of rebel success in damaging his army’s fleet of Russian tanks.
Russia has insisted that it takes no side in the conflict.
Diplomacy aimed at halting the Syrian conflict has faltered despite the rising levels of violence. Mr. Annan, the special envoy whose peace plan placing the monitors in Syria is widely considered near failure, has sought to convene a meeting of influential countries to press all sides in the conflict to honor a cease-fire.
Reuters, quoting unidentified diplomats, reported on Thursday that such a meeting might be held on June 30 in Geneva. The United States has said publicly that it opposes Mr. Annan’s inclusion of Iran if there is a meeting.
In Paris, the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, told the France Inter radio station on Friday that “Russians are not today attached to the person of Bashar al-Assad. They clearly see he is a tyrant and a murderer. But they are sensitive about who might take his place, if Assad is ousted. The discussion is about that.”
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