Syrian national opposition coalition`s newly elected president Hadi Al-Bahra speaks during press conference on July 9, 2014 at a Syrian opposition meeting in Istanbul. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, by May some 2,000 civilians including 500 children had been killed in the daily air strikes, which rights groups have condemned as a “war crime” for failing to discriminate between military and civilian targets. AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE