Syria National Coalition to meet in Istanbul

Published July 25th, 2013 - 01:47 GMT
Syria's new opposition chief Ahmad Jarba in Paris this week  AFP PHOTO / PHOTO PIERRE ANDRIEU
Syria's new opposition chief Ahmad Jarba in Paris this week AFP PHOTO / PHOTO PIERRE ANDRIEU

Syria's National Coalition will meet on August 3 and 5 in Istanbul, opposition sources told the AFP Thursday. 

 The opposition group will meet to discuss forming a provisional government, they said. 
 
Ahmad Jarba, the new head of the Coalition who is in Paris his week meeting President Francois Hollande, said this week he hoped a provisional government would be announced "within a month". 
 
Coalition Vice President Suheir Atassi, who is also in France at the moment, said the talks would "strengthen" the SNC'S position. 
 

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