A U.S.-backed "road map" for political reforms in Syria would transform the regime of Bashar al-Assad but leave him in place, a British newspaper reported Thursday.
The opposition plan was put forth despite Syrian protesters' demands for Assad's overthrow after three months of a bloody uprising, The Guardian said, citing unidentified sources. Details emerged as Assad's forces continued to fan out near the Turkish border.The unpublished draft document calls for Assad to lead "a secure and peaceful transition to civil democracy."
The Syrian Authority would give up a large part of its control it now exercises through security and authoritarian service, popular organizations and Baath Party institutions, media and others, the document says.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, shown addressing the nation June 20 from Damascus University, would stay in power under a U.S. road map for peace.
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"The first step on this path involves building confidence between the Authority and the people to bridge the gap between them, not in blood and destruction, but through the establishment of safe and secure bridges that cannot be demolished in future," it says.
Story: Syria tank assault kills 11 near Turkey border Rights campaigners say Assad's troops, security forces and gunmen have killed over 1,300 civilians since the uprising for political freedom erupted in the southern Hauran Plain in March, including over 150 people killed in a scorched earth campaign against towns and villages in Idlib.
They say scores of troops and police were also killed for refusing to fire on civilians. Syrian authorities say more than 500 soldiers and police died in clashes with "armed terrorist groups," whom they also blame for most civilian deaths.
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