Arab League recognizes Syrian opposition coalition
CAIRO. November 13. KAZINFORM The Arab League formally recognized the new National Coalition Forces of the Syrian Revolution, state media in Qatar reported Monday. Various opposition groups agreed to form the new coalition Sunday.
State-run news agency QNA reported the 22-member body approved the resolution to recognize the group, which unites Syrian opposition factions.
Algeria and Iraq abstained from some of the provisions of the measure, said Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, Kazinform refers to CNN.
Al-Thani disputed that there was any difference in the position of the Arab League's vote and that of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a six-member group.
"That claim is absolutely untrue, and the position of the two parties is identical" except for Algeria's and Iraq's reluctance to fully support the measure, QNA reported al-Thani as saying.
Opposition forces in Syria have not had a unified vision for the country or single military plan to oust President Bashar al-Assad during the nearly two years of civil war.
So the United States and Arab nations pressured the groups to get on the same page.
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