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Syrian opposition coalition elects new leader
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-opposition-coalition-elects-new-leader

The main exiled Syrian opposition group on Wednesday elected Saudi-based businessman Hadi al-Bahra as its new president in a bid to end internal divisions and breathe fresh life into its flagging struggle to oust President #Bashar_al-Assad. The Syrian National Coalition, the main exiled opposition group seeking the overthrow of Assad, will be hoping Bahra enjoys greater success than his predecessor Ahmad Jarba in keeping up the pressure on the regime. read more

#Hadi_el-Bahra #Saudi_Arabia #syria

Et dans une galaxie très très lointaine… US seeks to use Syria rebels to fight Iraq rebels
▻http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=66807

US Secretary of States John Kerry said Friday that Syria’s moderate opposition could play a role in pushing back jihadists who have seized swathe of territory in neighbouring Iraq.

Kerry was speaking in Saudi Arabia, where he met Western-backed Syrian National Coalition leader Ahmad Jarba.

“The moderate opposition in Syria... has the ability to be a very important player in pushing back against (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) ISIL’s presence... not just in Syria, but also in Iraq.”

“Jarba represents a tribe that reaches right into Iraq. He knows people there, and his point of view and that of the Syrian opposition will be very important going forward,” said Kerry, adding that “we are also in a moment of increased effort with the opposition.”

Il semblerait que Ahmad Jarba a envoyé les félicitations de la CNS à Sissi pour son élection :
SMDK Başkanı Carba, Sisi’yi tebrik etti
▻http://www.dunyabulteni.net/ortadogu/300593/smdk-baskani-carba-sisiyi-tebrik-etti

Suriye Muhalif ve Devrimci Güçler Ulusal Koalisyonu (SMDK) Başkanı Ahmed el-Cerba, Mısır’da darbe sonrası yapılan seçimlerde cumhurbaşkanı seçilen Abdulfettah es-Sisi’ye tebrik mesajı gönderdi.

Cerba, tebrik mesajında, Sisi’nin önderliğinde Mısır ile işbirliğinin güçlenmesi ve Suriye halkının özgürlük, adalet ve eşitlik hedeflerine ulaşmasında Mısır’ın yapıcı rol oynamasını temenni etti. Cerba, «SMDK, cumhurbaşkanı seçilmeniz dolayısıyla sizi ve kardeş Mısır halkını kutlayarak, bu adımı Mısır’ın istikrarı ve gelişmesinde önemli bir yol katetmek ve Mısır halkına daha iyi bir gelecek için atılmış önemli bir adım olarak görmektedir» değerlendirmesinde bulundu.

Je n’ai pas trouvé de mention dans d’autres médias pour l’instant.

La seule autre mention que j’ai vue pour l’instant serait la démission de l’ancien leader des Frères musulmans syriens Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni de la CNS :
▻https://www.facebook.com/IkhwansyriaEn/photos/a.377656375646028.87508.344999298911736/652621098149553/?type=1

The former leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni, has resigned from the Syrian National Coalition. The resignation was due to the congratulation letter sent from the coalition president, Ahmad Jarba, to the Egypt’s coup leader, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for his presidency of Egypt

Tribune de Ahmad Jarba dans le Washington Post : Bashar al-Assad’s ‘blood election’. Ce passage délirant :
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ahmad-al-jarba-bashar-al-assads-blood-election/2014/06/02/4ad6b4e4-ea6b-11e3-93d2-edd4be1f5d9e_story.html

Some observers assert that the crisis in Syria cannot be solved and that Assad is there to stay. But neither the United States nor the Syrian people can afford to take such a defeatist perspective. The high price of disengagement would include conceding a haven from which al-Qaeda and the Iran-backed extremist organization Hezbollah could plan and launch attacks against the United States, Europe and the West’s Middle Eastern allies. The United States and the moderate Syrian opposition are in a common struggle to defeat enemies that seek to do us both harm.

Question rhétorique de Angry Arab : mais qui peuvent bien être ces « West’s Middle Eastern allies » qu’il faudrait à tout prix protéger du méchant Hezbollah ?

Je vous traduis les remarques de « Ali, correspondant en chef d’Angry Arab en Turquie » : La visite de Jarba dans la région de Lattaquié
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/04/al-jarbas-latakia-tour.html

Le chef du CNS Ahmad Jarba, qui suppliait les pays occidentaux d’armer les « rebelles modérés contre la menace d’Al Qaeda », a visité le front de Kassab dans le nord de la campagne de Lattaquié.
▻http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Apr-02/252022-coalitions-jarba-pays-rare-visit-to-latakia.ashx
[NdT] Un article en français :
▻http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/Monde/Syrie-le-chef-de-l-opposition-se-rend-dans-la-province-de-Lattaquie-2014-0

Ce front a été ouvert le 21 mars par des groupes liés à Al-Qaeda tels que Ahrar ash-Sham, le Front al Nusra ainsi que des extrémistes salafistes-takfiristes tels que Sham al-Islam et Ansar al-Islam, et baptisé l’« offensive Anfal ».

Après 6 jours d’accrochages sévères, Al Nusra, qui est le force principale toujours sur le front, a annoncé via ses comptes sur les réseaux sociaux que « Aucune brigade laïque de l’Armée syrienne libre n’a participé à l’offensive Anfal ».
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Ainsi, évidemment, Jarba a visité ses amis liés à Al-Qaeda, pendant que les médias occidentaux publient des éloges pour le vanter comme un « leader modéré qui combat à la fois Al-Qaeda et le régime Assad ».

PS. En août, pendant que les mêmes groupes, incluant l’État islamique en Irak et au Levant, attaquaient les villages alaouites dans le nord de la campagne de Lattaquié, sous l’intitulé « Aïsha la mère de tous les croyants », l’ancien chef de l’Armée syrienne libre Salim Idriss visitait le front et, juste après, appelait les pays occidentaux à « nous armer contre Al Qaeda qui fait le jeu du régime Assad ».
[NdT] Une vidéo de la visite :
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4Y_5fd4t0

#SNC to attend #Geneva_II talks, as Assad denies attributed comments
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-national-council-attend-geneva-ii-talks-assad-denies-attri

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A handout picture released by the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) shows SNC president Ahmad Jarba speaking during a press conference on January 18, 2014 at a hotel in a suburb of Istanbul.(Photo: AFP /Syrian National Coalition Media)

The Syrian government denied on Sunday that President #Bashar_al-Assad had said he has no intention of giving up power, a day after #syria's main political opposition group in exile agreed to attend peace talks and said three rebel fighting forces also wanted to take part. The office of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad denied comments attributed to him Sunday by Russian news agency Interfax. “What the Russian news agency Interfax has published as comments made by President Assad are inaccurate,” said the Syrian presidency’s press (...)

#Top_News

#syria #Opposition to woo #rebels to #peace_talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-opposition-woo-rebels-peace-talks

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President of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Ahmad Jarba (C) and members attend a meeting of the National Coalition on November 9, 2013, in Istanbul. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic)

Syria’s opposition is edging towards agreeing to international peace talks in Geneva but wants approval from fighters inside the country first to give the process more legitimacy, sources at talks in Istanbul said late on Saturday. The leadership of the Syrian National Coalition is (...)

#Geneva_II #Top_News

#Russia to meet with #syria's opposition Wednesday
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-meet-syrias-opposition-wednesday

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The president of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba is seen at a press conference after attending the “London 11” meeting in central London on October 22, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Suzanne Plunkett)

Russian representatives and members of the Syrian opposition are set to meet in Geneva Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Russian media. “We will hold a whole series of contacts with the Syrian opposition,” he was quoted as saying late Tuesday by (...)

#Geneva_II #Top_News

#syria opposition resists calls for talks with Assad
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-opposition-resists-calls-talks-assad

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The president of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba is seen at a press conference after attending the “London 11” meeting, the core group of the so-called “#Friends_of_Syria” in central London on October 22, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Suzanne Plunkett)

Western powers and their Arab allies agreed with Syrian opposition leaders Tuesday that President #Bashar_al-Assad should be excluded from any future government, but urged the rebels to take part in a peace conference (...)

#Geneva_II #Top_News

Key Syrian opposition blames regime for backing extremists
▻http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=61632

The head of the key Syrian opposition National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, has denounced extremists he said were trying to “steal our revolution”, and blamed the regime for supporting them.

He made the comments in an address in New York to representatives from the Friends of Syria — international backers of the rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.

“The Syrian people support peace and moderation, tolerance and coexistence,” Jarba said.

(Je référence pour la documentation.)

Syrian opposition chooses Saudi-backed leader | Reuters
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/06/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE9650A620130706?feedType=RSS

Dans un climat de forte division dit l’article,

The Syrian National Coalition chose Ahmad Jarba as its president after a close runoff vote that reinforced the influence of Saudi Arabia over a perpetually divided opposition movement that has struggled to convince its Western and Arab allies that its fighters are ready to be given sophisticated foreign weaponry.

Jarba is a tribal figure from the eastern Syrian province of Hasaka who has Saudi connections. He defeated businessman Mustafa Sabbagh, a point man for Qatar, which has seen its influence over the opposition overshadowed by the Saudis.