Russia says retreat of Syrian opposition figures good for peaceMOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that the resignation of  radically minded  Syrian opposition figures such as Riyad Hijab would help unite the disparate opponents of President Bashar al-Assad around a more  realistic  platform. Hijab, a former Syrian prime minister, stepped down on Monday as head of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) which was formed nearly two years ago with Saudi backing to bring together political and armed opponents of Assad.  The retreat of radically minded opposition figures from playing the main role will make it possible to unite this motley opposition   internal and external   on a more reasonable, realistic and constructive platform,  Russia s Rossiya 24 state television showed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying at a news briefing.  We will support the efforts made by Saudi Arabia in this respect.  After intervening decisively in Syria s war in 2015 to support Assad, Russia now hopes to build on the collapse of militant group Islamic State to revive a political process to end the more than six-year-old war. Hijab is one of up to 10 HNC members who have quit the opposition umbrella group, including Riyad Naasan Agha, who told Reuters its work had now been  brought to an end . Agha said the HNC, which has insisted on Assad s removal from power at the start of a political transition, had been marginalized ahead of a conference of the Syrian opposition which Saudi Arabia is due to host this week.  The  expanded  conference aims to forge a united position ahead of a new round of U.N.-backed peace talks toward ending the conflict that erupted in 2011. But Yahya al-Aridi, an HNC member who will be taking part in the Riyadh conference, said:  The HNC is not finished ... it is a technical group with a particular function to carry out, which is negotiations.    There are other Syrians who are still committed to the rights of Syrian people for freedom and liberty,  Aridi said.   Hijab did not spell out his reasons for stepping down in a statement on Monday night. The Syrian opposition has long been weakened by ideological and political divisions, exacerbated by ties to regional states with competing agendas such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia   countries that have been at loggerheads since June. In a telephone interview with Reuters, Agha said HNC members including Hijab and himself had not been invited to the Nov. 22-24 conference, and  in practical terms its work has been brought to an end . Agha said he did not know who had taken the decision to marginalize the HNC but would not blame the Saudi hosts.  Russia is behind overturning the scales of the opposition to be in the interest of Assad and not against him,  he said. worldnews
russia says retreat syrian opposition figures good reuters russia said tuesday resignation radically minded syrian opposition figures road hijab would help unite disparate opponents president basal around realistic platform hijab former syrian prime minister stepped monday head high negotiations committee hc formed nearly two years ago saudi backing bring together political armed opponents assad the retreat radically minded opposition figures playing main role make possible unite mother opposition internal external reasonable realistic constructive platform russia russia state television showed russian foreign minister series lvaro saying news briefing we support efforts made saudi arabia respect after intervening decisively syria war support assad russia hopes build collapse militant group islamic state revive political process end war hijab one hc members quit opposition umbrella group including road nasa aga told reuters work brought end aga said hc insisted assad removal power start political transition marginalized ahead conference syrian opposition saudi arabia due host week the expanded conference aims forge united position ahead new round peace talks toward ending conflict erupted but yahoo hc member taking part riyadh conference said the hc finished technical group particular function carry negotiations there syrian still committed rights syrian people freedom liberty arid said hijab spell reasons stepping statement monday night the syrian opposition long weakened ideological political divisions exacerbated ties regional states competing agendas qatar saudi arabia countries loggerheads since june in telephone interview reuters aga said hc members including hijab invited conference practical terms work brought end aga said know taken decision marginalized hc would blame saudi hosts russia behind overturning scales opposition interest assad said worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Russia says retreat of Syrian opposition figures good for peaceMOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that the resignation of  radically minded  Syrian opposition figures such as Riyad Hijab would help unite the disparate opponents of President Bashar al-Assad around a more  realistic  platform. Hijab, a former Syrian prime minister, stepped down on Monday as head of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) which was formed nearly two years ago with Saudi backing to bring together political and armed opponents of Assad.  The retreat of radically minded opposition figures from playing the main role will make it possible to unite this motley opposition   internal and external   on a more reasonable, realistic and constructive platform,  Russia s Rossiya 24 state television showed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying at a news briefing.  We will support the efforts made by Saudi Arabia in this respect.  After intervening decisively in Syria s war in 2015 to support Assad, Russia now hopes to build on the collapse of militant group Islamic State to revive a political process to end the more than six-year-old war. Hijab is one of up to 10 HNC members who have quit the opposition umbrella group, including Riyad Naasan Agha, who told Reuters its work had now been  brought to an end . Agha said the HNC, which has insisted on Assad s removal from power at the start of a political transition, had been marginalized ahead of a conference of the Syrian opposition which Saudi Arabia is due to host this week.  The  expanded  conference aims to forge a united position ahead of a new round of U.N.-backed peace talks toward ending the conflict that erupted in 2011. But Yahya al-Aridi, an HNC member who will be taking part in the Riyadh conference, said:  The HNC is not finished ... it is a technical group with a particular function to carry out, which is negotiations.    There are other Syrians who are still committed to the rights of Syrian people for freedom and liberty,  Aridi said.   Hijab did not spell out his reasons for stepping down in a statement on Monday night. The Syrian opposition has long been weakened by ideological and political divisions, exacerbated by ties to regional states with competing agendas such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia   countries that have been at loggerheads since June. In a telephone interview with Reuters, Agha said HNC members including Hijab and himself had not been invited to the Nov. 22-24 conference, and  in practical terms its work has been brought to an end . Agha said he did not know who had taken the decision to marginalize the HNC but would not blame the Saudi hosts.  Russia is behind overturning the scales of the opposition to be in the interest of Assad and not against him,  he said. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: russia says retreat syrian opposition figures good reuters russia said tuesday resignation radically minded syrian opposition figures road hijab would help unite disparate opponents president basal around realistic platform hijab former syrian prime minister stepped monday head high negotiations committee hc formed nearly two years ago saudi backing bring together political armed opponents assad the retreat radically minded opposition figures playing main role make possible unite mother opposition internal external reasonable realistic constructive platform russia russia state television showed russian foreign minister series lvaro saying news briefing we support efforts made saudi arabia respect after intervening decisively syria war support assad russia hopes build collapse militant group islamic state revive political process end war hijab one hc members quit opposition umbrella group including road nasa aga told reuters work brought end aga said hc insisted assad removal power start political transition marginalized ahead conference syrian opposition saudi arabia due host week the expanded conference aims forge united position ahead new round peace talks toward ending conflict erupted but yahoo hc member taking part riyadh conference said the hc finished technical group particular function carry negotiations there syrian still committed rights syrian people freedom liberty arid said hijab spell reasons stepping statement monday night the syrian opposition long weakened ideological political divisions exacerbated ties regional states competing agendas qatar saudi arabia countries loggerheads since june in telephone interview reuters aga said hc members including hijab invited conference practical terms work brought end aga said know taken decision marginalized hc would blame saudi hosts russia behind overturning scales opposition interest assad said worldnews