Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a meeting with representatives of the Syrian opposition in Moscow. From left in the background: Ilian Masaad, head of the opposition Hmeimim Group; Qadri Jamil, a leader of the Moscow group of the Moscow-Cairo opposition platform, and Hassan Abdul Azim, general coordinator of the National Coordination Body. At right in the background: Randa Kassis, president of the Movement for a Pluralistic Society.