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Annan visits Syria as outrage grows over weekend massacre
Special envoy Kofi Annan will meet with President Bashar al-Assad and senior officials, though rebel leaders say Annan's peace plan is already "dead" following a gruesome massacre that killed 108 people in one town.
May 28, 2012
(CNN) DAMASCUS - International envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Syria on Monday, even though rebel leaders say Annan's peace plan is already "dead" following a gruesome massacre that killed 108 people in one town.
Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary William Hague met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday in hopes that Russia would pressure the Syrian regime to abide by Annan's peace plan.