Syria Crisis.Opposition picks a new leader

Syrian National Council picks Abdelbaset Sayda as leader

 

 Abdelbaset Sayda (L) replaces Burhan Ghalioun (R) as president of the SNC

The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) has elected a Kurdish activist as its new president.

Abdelbaset Sayda was chosen to replace Burhan Ghalioun, who has held the post since the group was established last September, at a meeting in Istanbul.
Activists have reported fresh shelling in Homs province, as international diplomatic efforts continue.
Britain's foreign secretary warned that Syria was beginning to resemble Bosnia in the 1990s.
William Hague said the situation was on the edge of a sectarian civil war, and said that he could not rule out international military intervention.
Meanwhile, details of attacks by the Free Syrian Army on government targets in Damascus on Friday have emerged, the BBC's Paul Danahar reports.
A power station came under attack, while a bus carrying Russian oil workers was also reportedly hit, our correspondent says.
Witnesses say many of the rebels involved were killed or captured. Casualties on the Syrian government side are not known, and the authorities in Damascus have not commented
Source:BBC News
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