Syria opposition renews call for Ramadan Homs truce



BEIRUT- The new leader of Syria's opposition National Coalition has called for international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to accept a truce in the central city of Homs for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
In video footage of a press conference in Istanbul Monday, Ahmad Oweinan al-Assi said the Coalition's priority was to ensure humanitarian and military support for the rebels, in order to "change the power balance on the ground" in the coming months.



Syria opposition renews call for Ramadan Homs truce
The footage was published on the Coalition's YouTube page on Wednesday.
"We in the (opposition) National Coalition call on the international community to pressure the regime and its allies to accept such a truce, to stop the bloodletting of Syrians during the holy month," he said.
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Thursday, July 11th 2013
AFP
           


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