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Thursday, May 7, 2015
Saudi Arabia said planning pan-opposition meet on Syria after Assad
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSaudi Arabia wants to bring together the many branches of Syria’s armed and political opposition to discuss what to do after the regime’s downfall, opposition sources say.
The Sunni-ruled kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a main backer of forces fighting to topple Syria’s President Bashar Assad, while its Shiite-dominated rival Iran backs him.
“In mid-June, Saudi leaders want to unite all — or a vast majority — of Syrian political and military opponents to prepare” for the period after Assad, says Haytham Manna, a veteran opposition figure.
This meeting would “not include the jihadists of (Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate) Al-Nusra Front and of the Islamic State group,” he says.
— AFP
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