Administration backing Paris-based opposition group against Assad | World Tribune

Administration backing Paris-based opposition group against Assad | World Tribune

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The United States has been working with a former Syrian
vice president to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar Assad.

Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has been
consulting with former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, based in
France and an opposition figure for the last few years. They said Khaddam
has sought to raise his profile in the Saudi-financed opposition by
establishing the National Committee to Support the Syrian Revolution.

Former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam at his home in Paris.

“My understanding is that we have had contact with the group in Paris,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

In a briefing on Nov. 7, Ms. Nuland did not provide details of U.S. negotiations with the Syrian opposition committee, announced hours earlier. She said Washington was urging the new group as well as the rest of the Syrian opposition — much of it based in Istanbul, Turkey — to unite. [ read more at link ]