Countries backing Syrian moderates to meet in Paris: France

The international community "must stop averting its gaze" from the "terrible reality" of what was happening in Syria, Assad said.

Countries, who back the moderate Syrian opposition, including the United States and Gulf nations, will meet in Paris in early December, French Foreign Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said on Wednesday.

Ayrault said, the international community "must stop averting its gaze" from the "terrible reality" of what was happening in Syria.