Western Nations, Qatar, and Turkey Welcome New Syrian Opposition Coalition
Assad's opposition still a diverse group with numerous motivations
Western nations, Qatar and Turkey have welcomed the creation of a new Syrian coalition that aims to unify opposition against President Bashar al-Assad.
The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces was unveiled in Doha on Sunday.
Its president will be Moaz al-Khatib, a former imam of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus who fled Syria this year.
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