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BBC News - Syrian opposition names Ghassan Hitto prime minister

Head of the new Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces Mouaz al-Khatib, rear-center, speaks during a meeting in Istanbul  
The meeting came shortly after the second anniversary of the uprising.

Syria's opposition National Coalition has chosen a prime minister to head a government for rebel-held regions.

He is Ghassan Hitto, a Damascus-born IT expert who spent decades in the US. He was elected at a meeting of coalition leaders in Istanbul in Turkey.

Mr Hitto's first task will be to form a government to oversee services in areas captured from government forces.


BBC News - Syrian opposition names Ghassan Hitto prime minister

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