Syrian government ready to negotiate with opposition.
“We want to end this conflict yesterday,” – Syrian Government
- In 2011, 15 children were arrested in Syria for graffiti.
- The kids were beaten and tortured in prison.
- Syrians protested the arrests of the kids (they were freed).
- Meanwhile, Arab Spring protests spread across the Middle East.
- Syrian forces responded by shooting protesters.
- The Syrian protests solidified, became an opposition movement.
- Since then, 300k people dead. 4 million Syrians are refugees.
- Unrest has allowed ISIS & others to seize large parts of Syria.
- Now, the Syrian government says it is willing to negotiate.
- But they will not sit down with armed opponents, like ISIS.