ANKARA, January 21, 1:55 /ITAR-TASS/. Syria’s ‘national coalition for revolutionary and opposition forces’, the largest West-backed faction of the political and paramilitary opposition, has confirmed its intention to take part in the Geneva-2 peace conference due to be held in Montreux, Switzerland, January 22.

The coalition’s press service said this after a statement by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, that the invitation to Iran to attend the Geneva event had been revoked.