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Syria: Towards a Negotiated Transition?   
    
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Chatham House - 30 May, 2012

This is a summary of the discussions that took place during a small closeddoor study group convened at Chatham House in April 2012 to discuss the latest developments in Syria.

Some of the main findings include:

 The UN mission to monitor the declared ‘cease-fire’ was not expected to make much progress towards resolving the conflict in Syria, but there were some hopes that it would reduce violence enough to enable peaceful protests, reduce the risk of further militarization of the conflict and provide some space for opposition groups to build political alliances and develop a strategy.
 
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