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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Khatib visits Aleppo villages as Syria opponents vote for council

The chief of the Syrian National Coalition, for the first time, visited rebel-held areas near the embattled city of Aleppo in northern Syria. (Al Arabiya) The chief of the Syrian National Coalition, for the first time, visited rebel-held areas near the embattled city of Aleppo in northern Syria. (Al Arabiya)


Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad voted on Sunday to elect 29 provincial council members to run rebel-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo, organizers and participants told AFP.

"For the first time, Aleppo will have a freely elected provincial council. We hope the whole of Syria will have a free election soon," candidate Yehia Naanaa from the bombed-out town of Hreitan told AFP...........

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