Opposition's Jarba to attend GCC summit in Kuwait

The head of the Syrian National Coalition will attend Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Kuwait, Zaman Alwasl source said.

Mr. Ahmed Jarba has been invited by GCC leaders to the summit which took place in Kuwaiti on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the Syrian war and the proper ways to support the main stream opposition.

 Jarba expressed his fears of Iran- the same concern for GCC- on Sunday saying a thaw in relations between Washington and Tehran could strengthen President Bashar al-Assad's hand in Syria's civil war,according to Reuters.

Ahmed Jarba said a disbursement of Iranian funds frozen in overseas bank accounts as part of a deal under which Iran is to curb its nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief could leave it more cash to spare to support Assad.

"I am worried about this closeness (in relations) from the financial side," Jarba said in an interview with Reuters, referring to relations between the United States and Iran.

"There are frozen Iranian funds in foreign banks. If these funds were released to Iran, part of it could go to the Syrian regime and this complicates matters even more," he said.

"We have conveyed this worry to the Arab and international parties and they were understanding," he said.

Iran is the main backer, along with Russia, of Assad's government in a conflict that has lasted more than two years, killed more than 126,000 people and uprooted millions.

Western diplomats say Iran provides Syria with billions of dollars of aid and an undisclosed number of military advisers.