TGIF? Every Friday has a [Muslim] name

The joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, will seek talks between Syria's opposition and the government when he travels to Damascus on Saturday. Embattled leader Bashar al-Assad has signalled his willingness to talk, but SOME of his key opponents have angrily dismissed the idea out of hand. Calls to fight on against the regime aren't going away, but as Maria Finoshina reports from Sy ...