Syrian diplomat says he won’t talk to opposition negotiator until he shaves

Think of it as a tidy encapsulation of the divisions wracking Syria. During the latest round of U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva, the lead diplomat of the embattled Syrian regime rejected any prospect of dealing with the opposition's main negotiator until he shaved off his beard. Bashar Jaafari, who has been the Syrian representative at the United Nations for […]











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