The Syrian opposition will form a provisional government in the second half of August after months of failed efforts, Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmad Jarba said on Tuesday to AFP from Doha.
Jarba held fruitful talks with the new emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday.
The visit to
Qatar is to "ask for field, military, and humanitarian aid, as well as
political support," he said, adding that "Qatar was among the first
countries that backed the Syrian revolution."
Sheikh Tamim said that he will keep helping Syrian rebels until President Bashar al-Assad's rule ends, Nizar Haraki, Coalition envoy to Doha said, seeking to dampen speculation the rich Gulf state had scaled back its role in supporting the revolt, Reuters reported.
Jarba and other
top coalition leaders met French President Francois Hollande and US Secretary
of State John Kerry last week and pleaded for weapons to be quickly supplied.
U.N. officials
said the death toll from more than 28 months of conflict has passed 100,000.
Zaman Alwasl
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