40 resigned members to form new opposition bloc instead of Coalition

41 members of key opposition group National Coalition withdrew after disputes over participation in Geneva II, NC member told Zaman Alwasl.

Dr. Khaled Khoja, NC representative in Turkey, said to Zaman Alwasl that the resignation was a protest against the maladministration of the Coalition top leaders regarding the revolution core issues.

Khoja pointed out that a new opposition alliance to be formed soon including the resigned members.

The disputes come to surface after reported news that Coalition new elected leader had agreed to go the international conference on Syria Monday.

 The resignations come a day after NC re-election to Ahmad Jarba as its leader during a general assembly meeting in Istanbul on Sunday.

In serious escalation,  Syrian Islamic Front said it would blacklist Geneva II participants from both sides, Regime and opposition, (who will be WANTED to IF), according to Islam Army commander, Zahran Alloush, in a tweet posted on his official Twitter account Monday.

Jarba who won 65 votes, was accused by the forty members of rigging the elections and using the political money.

Jarba, who is seen as close to key rebel backer Saudi Arabia, was first elected to head the Coalition in July, and will now lead the group for another six months.

His re-election comes at a sensitive time, less than three weeks away from slated peace talks in Switzerland that would bring rebels and regime representatives to the table.

Meanwhile, more than 50 bodies were discovered in former base for radical State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) in Aleppo, it reportedly belongs to media activists affiliated to al-Nusra Front, Shada Al Hurriya channel and other Islamist groups, who were kidnapped by ISIL recently, according to activists.