EU sending envoy to talk to Syria's new leaders

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 100,000 people died in Syria's jails and detention centres from 2011. - 'Full commitment' - A Qatari delegation is also in Syria to meet transitional government officials and pledge "full commitment to supporting the Syrian people".
34% : Pedersen also met interim prime minister Mohammad al-Bashir, and underlined "the intention of the United Nations to render all assistance to the Syrian people". To the victims of some of Assad's worst atrocities, the end of his era brought a glimmer of hope that they might find closure.
34% : Israel has also ordered troops into the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, a move denounced by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and which the UN said violated a 1974 armistice.

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