Brahimi, the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy, arrived in Beirut
on Wednesday for talks with Lebanese officials on how to
resolve the crisis. The visit is part of a regional tour.
Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdessi said in
statement to the state news agency that the government was
waiting for Brahimi to come to Damascus to convey to
officials there the results of his tour. It would welcome any
“constructive initiative,” Makdessi said.
It was unclear if Brahimi would travel to Damascus from
Beirut.
Activists say more than 33,000 have been killed in 19 months
of violence in Syria.
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Japanese officials expressed outrage after two U.S. sailors
were arrested over accusations that they raped a woman on the
island of Okinawa, where the American military presence has
generated long-simmering resentment.
Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto on Wednesday called the
alleged rape "vicious and mean" and said Japanese authorities
were lodging protests with the U.S. government and military,
as well as demands for better preventive measures.
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, who met with Morimoto over the
matter, said it went "beyond madness" that the alleged attack
took place two months after a U.S. Marine was arrested over
accusations he assaulted and molested a woman in Naha, the
capital of Okinawa.
Police in Okinawa identified the detained sailors as U.S.
Navy Seaman Christopher Daniel Browning and Petty Officer
Skyler Dozierwalker of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base
Fort Worth in Texas.
