Members of the radical Syrian opposition have boycotted a meeting in Cairo, where some 250 delegates are discussing an internationally backed transition plan. The armed rebels branded it a conspiracy and said the agenda lacked an aggressive stance.
The rebel Free Syrian Army and "independent" activists lashed out at the organizers of the two-day conference for"rejecting the idea of a foreign military intervention to save the people... and ignoring the question of buffer zones protected by the international community, humanitarian corridors, an air embargo and the arming of rebel fighters."
The boycotters said they refused "all kind of dialogue and negotiation with the killer gangs... and we will not allow anyone to impose on Syria and its people the Russian and Iranian agendas."
The meeting in the Egyptian capital brought together mostly members of the exiled wing of the Syrian opposition, the Syrian National Council (SNC), as well as representatives from France, Tunisia and Turkey.
At the opening of the two-day conference in Cairo, the Arab League chief has urged Syrian opposition figures not to waste an opportunity to unite.
"The sacrifices of the Syrian people are bigger than us and more valuable than any narrow differences or factional disputes," Nabil Elaraby said.
RT