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New demands from Syria appear to doom peace plan

By Alice Fordham

 |  Washington Post  

  April 09, 2012

A UN-brokered peace plan for Syria appeared close to collapse Sunday as the government demanded a written guarantee that opposition rebels would lay down their arms before the government would withdraw troops from cities and towns. The statement cast serious doubt on hopes that the peace plan could quell the violence stemming from a government crackdown on a yearlong uprising against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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