UN proposed transition plan is rejected by Syrian opposition

The UN negotiated peace plan for a political changeover in Syria was snubbed by Syrian opposition groups who said it was ambiguous and time-wasting.

The groups also vowed against negotiations with President Bashar Assad or any affiliates within his regime which has cost the lives of thousands.

Activists said that a powerful explosion on Saturday evening took the lives and wounded dozens of people during a funeral procession of a killed activist in a suburb in Damascus.

Amateur videos displayed shocking images of bodies, some dismembered, while witnesses wandered around in a state of shock.

According to British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 30 people were killed in the blast while the names of 40 victims were documented by the Local Coordination Committees activist network. The LCC added that there were remaining bodies still left to be identified.

Government forces have been blamed for the explosion by activists who alleged it was most likely caused by detonated car bomb close to a mosque where the funeral was taking place.

UN special envoy Kofi Annan’s plan calling for the implementation of a transitional government in Syria was accepted during an international conference in Geneva yesterday as long as Assad was involved in the interim administration at Russia’s insistence.

However, this plan to involve Assad in the transition was rejected by Syrian opposition groups who refused to involve themselves in any form of negotiations with the Syrian president whom they called “the killer”.