SYRIAN OPPOSITION IN UNITY DEAL
Syrian
opposition groups meeting in Qatar, Doha on November 11, 2012 inked a hard-won
unity deal and agreed to form a national coalition to fight against President Bashar al-Assad, delegates
said.
The
groups signed a 12-point agreement to establish a coalition, said the leading
dissident Ria Seif.
The deal came after the Syrian National Council, which had formerly been seen as the main representative of the opposition, heeded Arab and Western pressure to embrace other groups. Together, they formed the "National Coalition of Forces of the Syrian Revolution and opposition."
The deal came after the Syrian National Council, which had formerly been seen as the main representative of the opposition, heeded Arab and Western pressure to embrace other groups. Together, they formed the "National Coalition of Forces of the Syrian Revolution and opposition."
The
coalition agreed not to take part in any negotiation with the regime and to
form a provincial government after gaining international recognition.
Mr.
Seif is one of the leaders of the Damascus Spring protest movement of a decade
ago and now touted in Washington as a potential new opposition chief.
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