The minister of Defense for Syria's opposition government has resigned following disagreements with the body's head, opposition sources said on Monday, highlighting divisions among President Bashar al-Assad's opponents. Saudi-backed dissident Asaad Mustafa was appointed to his post in **vember as part of a plan by the opposition National Coalition to administer rebel-held areas of the war-torn country. Mustafa, in his sixties, served as minister of agriculture under Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, but defected after the uprising against 40 years of family rule started in 2011 and turned into a civil war. But a source in the Coalition said Mustafa left after Jarba refused to appoint him as provisional prime minister, a post currently held by Ahmed Tumeh, a moderate Islamist.
05-19-2014, 02:00 PM
Defense minister for Syrian opposition resigns
العرض الشجري