UNITED NATIONS, United States: United Nations (UN) leader Ban Ki-moon held his first meeting Saturday (Sunday in Manila) with the head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition in a bid to press for a Syria peace conference.

The meeting is likely to infuriate President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which is still recognized by the UN and routinely calls the coalition and other opposition groups “terrorists.”

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