Syria opposition makes new push for transition

Syria's opposition on Wednesday made a fresh call for a transition to democracy without President Bashar al-Assad, as France threw its support behind new Russia-US talks aimed at ending the war. The opposition's proposal during one-day talks in London came as the world's chemical weapons watchdog said it was "disturbed" by the alleged use of toxic chemicals in the battleground city of Aleppo. Moscow said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry, whose countries ba