Portrait de Ghassan Hitto, nouveau premier ministre par interim de l’opposition syrienne. Citoyen américain, sa nomination - à laquelle le Qatar a grandement contribué – est perçue comme un renforcement du poids des Frères musulmans au sein de la Coalition nationale syrienne. Hostile au dialogue avec le régime d’Assad, il ne pouvait de fait que recueillir l’assentiment du Qatar, de la Turquie et des Frères musulmans. Sa nomination pourrait signifier l’échec de ceux qui considèrent aujourd’hui, par conviction, par calcul ou par résignation, qu’un dialogue avec le régime d’Assad est nécessaire pour mettre un terme aux affrontements.
Muslim Brotherhood Holds Sway Over Syrian Opposition
By: Hassan Hassan for Al-Monitor. Posted on March 21, 2013
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« Ghassan Hitto, a naturalized US citizen from Damascus, was selected on Monday, March 18, by members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition to become the interim prime minister. Little known among Syrians, his appointment is by far the clearest indication of the Muslim Brotherhood’s monopoly over the opposition’s political and military bodies. At least nine figures suspended their membership in the National Coalition in protest, including the coalition’s spokesman, Walid Buni, and Vice President Suhair Attasi, who then retracted her suspension a day later. Hitto is not known to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, but he is ideologically close to it. A Syrian close to Hitto told me that he is “100% supported and trusted by the Brotherhood.” His brother is a member who was jailed for many years, his acquaintance said, which is why Hitto fled Syria. The source located Hitto in terms of independence somewhere between Moaz al-Khatib, the coalition’s president who proved to be independent, and the Brotherhood. »
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