Longtime Syria activist now negotiates peace

By Zeina Karam

Published February 14, 2014 11:21am ET

Longtime Syria activist now negotiates peace — HOLD FOR STORY SYRIA PEACE TALKS OPPOSITION NEGOTIATOR BY ZEINA KARAM - FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, Syrian opposition member Suheir Atassi attends a meeting of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, formed after the Syrian National Council (SNC) in Doha, Qatar. As a human rights lawyer and longtime pro-democracy activist in Syria, Atassi once said she would never negotiate with President Bashar Assad's government. But Atassi is now one of two Syrian women on the opposition team in Geneva trying to negotiate an end to the civil war that has killed more than 130,000 people and displaced millions. For her, even discussing concessions with the government run by a man she regards as a war criminal is not easy. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File) | Osama Faisal

GENEVA (AP) — As a human rights lawyer and longtime pro-democracy activist in Syria, Suheir Atassi once said she would never negotiate with President Bashar Assad’s government.

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