Syria fighting continues as peace talks falter

Reuters 2014-02-12

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As Syria peace talks continue, so too does the fighting.

Amateur video allegedly shows rebels battling government forces on Wednesday during air strikes on the capital Damascus.

Other video, neither of which Reuters can verify, claims to show the aftermath of government bombing in Deraa.

It comes as residents are shepherded out of the besieged city of Homs under a fragile local ceasefire.

As residents leave, aid workers come in with food and supplies for those who remain.

All this as peace negotiations falter.

On Wednesday, the opposition presented a plan in Geneva that lays out its vision of post-war Syria and makes no mention of President Bashar al-Assad.

The plan calls for a U.N.-monitored total ceasefire across Syria.

It would also drive out all foreign combatants fighting on both sides of the civil war.

Opposition spokesman Louay Safi.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) SYRIAN OPPOSITION SPOKESMEN LOUAY SAFI SAYING:

"Forcing out

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