Middle East
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Author: BBC News
28 Mar 2012
Opposition unite behind Syrian National Council
All but one of Syria's disparate opposition groups have agreed to unite behind the Syrian National Council. A statement issued after a two-day meeting in Istanbul said the SNC would be the "formal interlocutor and formal representative of the Syrian people". They also expressed scepticism at the government's acceptance of the peace plan presented by UN envoy Kofi Annan.