Annan Cease-Fire Bid Fails, Assad Spurns Talks With Foes
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United Nations envoy Kofi Annan left Syria without reaching an agreement with President Bashar al-Assad for a cease-fire in the year-old uprising amid reports dozens more people were killed yesterday by government forces.
Assad rejected overtures to talk with opposition groups he labeled terrorists in two days of talks with Annan. A deal will be “tough, but we have to have hope,” Annan said in televised remarks to reporters in Damascus yesterday.