#Syria : Assad on 'last legs,' says new exile opposition chief

Syria: Assad on 'last legs,' says new exile opposition chief: BEIRUT — The best-known Syrian exile opposition group, the Syrian National Council, named a Kurdish exile Sunday as its new chief in the latest bid to help unify the fractious opposition fighting to oust President Bashar Assad. The new leader, Abdulbasset Sieda, a Swedish-based academic, asserted in an interview with...