The head of the Syrian National Coalition�Monday listed conditions that need to be �guaranteed� in order for the main opposition group to participate in the proposed Geneva II conference aimed at solving the 30-month Syrian conflict.
�We do not reject participation in Geneva II but we request guarantees for its success. And if we receive these guarantees we will show them to the military leaders,� Ahmed al-Jarba told reporters.

Jarba, who described Iran as an �enemy� and �occupier� of Syrian land, said the Islamic republic must not participate as �mediator� in the conference.

Iran and the Lebanese Shiite movement, Hezbollah, have fought alongside the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad against rebels.

�We ask Hezbollah to leave Syria,� he added.

The opposition leader said that there will be �no dialogue with criminal Assad regime,� re-iterating his group�s redundant appeal for embattled President Assad to cede power for any political solution to be negotiated.

�Nationalist dialogue is only with nationalists,� he repeated.

Asked about Hezbollah�s presence in Syria, Jarba said the Lebanese group was �still fighting in our beloved Syria.�

He said al-Waer neighborhood in Homs province was recently shelled by Syrian troops with the participation of Hezbollah fighters.

�I do not know how Hezbollah calls itself an opposition party aiming to liberate Haifa and Jerusalem [from Israel] starting from Qusayr [Homs city] and Waer.�

On Friday,�The Times�reported that the Lebanese guerilla group has begun withdrawing some of its fighters after pressure from the government in Beirut.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the U.N. envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi�urged�all parties of the Syrian conflict to engage in peace talks �without pre-conditions,� adding that he hoped negotiations could take place in Geneva by mid-November.

The proposed conference would aim to decide how to implement a declaration agreed by the major powers in Geneva in June 2012. The declaration stated that there should be a transitional government in Syria.

Both the United States and Russia have urged the United Nations to set a date for the�peace conference in the second week of November, U.S. Secretary of State�John Kerry�said on Monday.

By Al Arabiya

 

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