Last week, France said that there are no signs that the Syrian regime would fall soon, in a stark contrast with previous remarks that Assad will not be able to withstand for a long time. France was the spearhead of the anti-Syrian government trend and was the first to recognize the Syrian opposition coalition as a representative of the Syrian people.
Manna, in his opening speech in Geneva, emphasized his rejection of any foreign intervention in the Syrian internal affair. He spoke about those who developed the culture of violence and the press exaggeration, as well as about what he called "those who look for a regional and international leverage at the expense of the bloodshed in Syria," in reference to those gathered in Paris, as their main goal is to garner support for an intervention in Syria to topple the Assad administration by force.
According to observers, Manna represents the third option. He is a go-between who tries to work out an agreement between the government and the armed opposition and promote dialogue as a step for stopping the bloodshed and building the future of Syria.
While the divided opposition fail to be a convincing substitute to the recent regime, armed radical militia affiliated with al- Qaida have become the striking power in the fight against the government, deepening the conviction that the long-standing anti- regime movement, which has firstly called for freedom, has now been hijacked by those radicals.
Last week, the Syrian Interior Ministry has called on all the broad-based opposition political forces, and those who are desirous of taking part in the national dialogue, to come back to Syria and pledged to offer all facilities and to cut loose all legal pursuit against them.
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