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| Resigned Syrian Rebel Chief al-Khatib Says to Speak at Arab Summit |
| 2013-03-26 |
| [An Nahar] Syria's resigned opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib said he would make a speech "in the name of the Syrian people" at the Arab summit in Doha, in a statement on Facebook. "After performing (morning prayers) and consulting many trustworthy figures among them (the opposition's envoy in Qatar) Nizar al-Haraki, I have decided to make a speech in the name of the Syrian people at the Doha summit," Khatib said in a statement on his Facebook page. Haraki told Agence La Belle France Presse that Khatib, who resigned on Sunday as head of the National Coalition, would head the Syrian opposition delegation filling the seat of Syria, which has been suspended from the League, at the summit starting Tuesday. The delegation will also include Syria's interim prime minister Ghassan Hitto. Khatib resigned his post on Sunday, five days after the controversial election in Istanbul of Hitto, who pledged to form an interim government for the large swathes of territory inside Syria that have fallen into bully boy hands. An opposition source told AFP that Khatib accused "certain countries, notably Qatar, of wanting to control the opposition" and of having imposed Hitto. |
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