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A handout picture released by the Syrian National Coalition shows coalition president, Ahmad Jarba (2ndL) and coalition members taking part in their general assembly on January 18, 2014 at a hotel in a suburb of Istanbul. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: The Syrian National Coalition, from Jarba to Bahra

by Fayez Sara | Aug 4, 2014 | Opinion

Leaders of the Syrian National Coalition have come under attack in recent weeks. The attacks focus on accusations of corruption and the misuse of political funds, as well as the existence of secret groups supposedly forming the Coalition’s policies. The attacks are...

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Prime Minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government Ahmed Tu’mah, speaks at the National Coalition of Syrian and Revolution and Opposition Forces ahead of his election to the post on September 14, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian interim PM Tu’mah could face “no confidence” vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 29, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian interim Prime Minister Ahmad Tu’mah could face a “no confidence” vote after his decision to dismantle the rebel Supreme Military Council was overturned by the Syrian National Coalition leader Ahmed Al-Jarba on Friday. Tu’mah, who heads...

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Ahmad Al-Jarba, President of the Syrian National Coalition speaks during a news conference on the 3rd anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian revolution, at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on 18 March 2014. (EPA/Julien Warnand)

Jarba: The West has promised us weapons within weeks

by Michel Abu Najm | May 22, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian National Coalition president Ahmed Al-Jarba has issued increasingly impassioned calls for the West to arm the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) over the past year—and in exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday, he announced...

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A handout photograph made available by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office showing a group photograph before the start of ‘London 11’ Friends of Syria Meeting in London, England, 15 May 2014. (EPA/BRITISH FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE HANDOUT)

Friends of Syria promise increased support for moderate opposition

by Mina Al-Oraibi | May 16, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Friends of Syria Core Group, which met in London on Thursday, will “take further steps . . . to increase support for the moderate opposition National Coalition” and the moderate military opposition, according to a final statement released...

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Ahmed Jarba, president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, speaks at the US Institute of Peace on May 7, 2014, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Jarba calls for weapons for Syrian rebels on Washington trip

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 8, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed Jarba, repeated his calls for Western powers to supply Syria’s rebels with arms on a visit to Washington, DC, on Wednesday, but ruled out calls for direct Western intervention in the conflict....