Syria's Main Opposition Picks New Leader

(AFP) – Syria’s main political opposition on Saturday elected Ahmad Assi Jarba to lead the movement which groups opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, spokesman Khaled Saleh said.

Jarba, who represents the faction of veteran secular dissident Michel Kilo and who is seen as close to Saudi Arabia, obtained 55 votes in the deeply divided Syrian National Coalition, edging out the group’s secretary general Mustafa al-Sabbagh, who obtained 52 votes.