[Warta News] Qatari prime minister details 'Plan B' for Syrian peace

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Members of Lebanese security forces stand guard after escorting the newly
released Aydin Tufan Tekin, a Turkish national abducted by a Lebanese Shiite
clan in Beirut, to the Lebanese General Security in Beirut, on Tuesday,
September 11. The hostage was a Turkish businessman abducted in mid-August,
along with around 20 Syrians, to put pressure on rebels in Syria who had seized
one of their kinsmen in Damascus.






































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































(CNN) -- Qatar's prime minister has proposed a "Plan B" for solving the Syrian
crisis, saying a non-violent solution is still possible despite more than a year
of relentless bloodshed.
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin
Jassim Al Thani said the plan would include havens -- which would require a
no-fly zone -- and greater humanitarian aid.
"We wish and we believe that we can solve it peacefully," Al Thani said Monday.
But, he said, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has only one solution: "killing
his people to win the war."
"I believe within weeks, we should have a Plan B. And there is a responsibility
among us," he said. "We are talking about saving the people of Syria."
When asked who would participate in the plan, Al Thani replied, "I believe there
is a lot of Arab countries will participate, and there is also European
countries will participate."
But what the plan really needs, Al Thani said, is help from the United States.
"I know, to be more frank, that there is an election now. ... but I hope that
after the election, the American government looks at this matter in a different
way. And I always meant no military intervention, but we need to take some
measures ... to save the Syrian people."
The prime minister said his country is not providing weapons to Syrian rebels,
but is giving humanitarian aid to refugees who have fled to other countries.
Al Thani said he hopes plans for Syria don't include a regional struggle between
Sunni and Shia Muslims.
"My fear (is) that if there is a Sunni-Shia war and escalation ... nobody will
win in this."
He also alluded to the diplomatic deadlock at the U.N. Security Council, where
Russia and China have repeatedly blocked draft resolutions that would take
stronger action against al-Assad's regime.
"I really hope that Russia and China join all of us to find a solution. Not
exactly what they want or what we want -- it's exactly what the Syrian people
want, in my opinion."







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