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A civilian who is agreed upon by both sides lets go live now to him morgan our correspondent in khartoum and hear both so effectively the t. N. C. The Transitional Military Council which weve now become familiar with effectively becomes obsolete but its members are transferred on to the new joint council. Yes indeed marquis not all of its members will be part of the governing council which will be shared between the military and the Opposition Coalition and the forces of freedom and change only 5 of the 10 members who are in the military council will be included in the new Sovereign Council now that covering council has been a point of contention between the 2 sides the reason why negotiation can talk between 2 sides a lack of real time big think about the role of that council and they disagreed about the composition how many representatives each side should have and who will headed. What this comes down to in this deal that was signed on back today is that for the 1st 21 months it wil
Opposition activists in syria say rebels have withdrawn from the strategically important town of concho in southern italy province this follows days of fighting which saw them firing rockets into government territory the Syrian Government told its forces the battle isnt over yet. The rebels also retreated from the town of moore a quick is in hama and is the site of a Turkish Military observation post. The middle of province is a main Population Center it used to be a place where 100000 syrians took shelter before the military escalation began in april towns nearby in the northern harbor countryside of fallen to Government Forces for the Syrian Government the big prize was getting control of honshu who will give access to the m 5 an important economic highway crossing the country so the holder has more from beirut. Who is back under the control of the Syrian Government Images Released by pro regime media shows a town in southern italy empty of residents and fighters rebels will too earl