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| Foreign Secretary William Hague to meet Syrian rebels | Foreign Secretary William Hague to meet Syrian rebels |
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| UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is to meet Syrian rebel leaders in London on Monday, the Foreign Office says. | UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is to meet Syrian rebel leaders in London on Monday, the Foreign Office says. |
| Mr Hague will meet members of the Syrian National Council and the National Co-ordination Committee for Democratic Change. | Mr Hague will meet members of the Syrian National Council and the National Co-ordination Committee for Democratic Change. |
| The meeting comes as Syria's President Bashar Assad comes under increasing pressure from world leaders. | |
| Many Syrians have risen up against President Assad as part of the so-called Arab spring. | Many Syrians have risen up against President Assad as part of the so-called Arab spring. |
| On Friday Syria conditionally accepted an Arab League peace and monitoring plan designed to stop the violence seen in many Syrian cities. | |
| The Assad regime has been accused of killing 3,500 people who were demonstrating against his government. | |
| The Arab League suspended Syria earlier this week and Jordan's King Abdullah urged President Assad to resign. | |
| Mr Hague had appointed Frances Guy, a former British ambassador to Beirut, to make contact with the exiled Syrian opposition. | |
| "We have been having regular contacts with a variety of figures in the Syrian opposition for several months. We are now intensifying these," said a Foreign Office spokeswoman. |