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Syria Opposition Cancels Istanbul Meeting

Syria's opposition National Coalition has cancelled plans for a meeting in Istanbul this weekend focused on forming a provisional government, an opposition official said Thursday.

"There will not be a meeting this weekend," spokeswoman Sarah Kharkour told Agence France Presse.

The Coalition's new chief Ahmad Jarba had said on Tuesday that the opposition expected to form a provisional government in the second half of August.

Syria's opposition has struggled to put forward a united front during the country's more than two years of conflict, which have killed some 100,000 people.

The last attempt at forming a provisional government, under then rebel prime minister Ghassan Hitto, collapsed earlier this month when Hitto resigned after nearly four months of failed efforts.

Source: Agence France Presse


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