RAW VIDEO: Assad Meets UN Envoy Annan on Heels of Massacre

Envoy Kofi Annan says Syria is at "tipping point," urging President Bashar al-Assad to take steps to end 14 months of bloodshed.

Published

12 months ago

Categories

World, Middle East & North Africa, Middle East

Topics

Middle East & North Africa

People

Bashar al-Assad, Kofi Annan

Places

Syria

Tags

un, foreign policy, syrian civil war

Transcript

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION / NOTE: PART MUTESyrian President Bashar al-Assad met with peace envoy Kofi Annan, the state news agency SANA said on Tuesday, following a massacre which Syria's government blamed on Islamist militants, while the global body suggested government forces played a role.Annan is attempting to salvage a six-week-old peace plan that has U.N. and Arab League backing, but which has barely slowed the bloodshed in a 14-month-old uprising against Assadthat began with mass protests and now has an armed insurgency.