Syria's main opposition grouping has said it will attend peace talks on the condition that President Bashar al-Assad transfers power and is excluded from any transition process.

In a statement issued Monday after two days of meetings in Istanbul, the key National Coalition said it would take part in mooted peace talks in Geneva "on the basis of the full transfer of power."

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