Iraq announced that its national security adviser arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian officials on an Iraqi proposal to end the Syrian crisis

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki aide announced Saturday that National Security Adviser Falah al-Fayadh has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian officials on an Iraqi proposal to end the Syrian crisis.
  
“He is there to meet with the Syrian authorities to discuss the Iraqi peace initiative,” Ali Mussawi, media advisor to Maliki, told AFP.
  
The Iraqi initiative, Maliki said in a Thursday interview with AFP, is aimed at opening a dialogue between the ‘opposition’ and the Syrian government to reach a result that satisfies both sides.
  
“America and Europe are afraid of the phase after (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad. That is why they understand the initiative” from Iraq, Maliki said.