Syria opposition coalition elects new president

The Syrian Opposition Coalition’s (SOC) General Assembly yesterday elected Salem Al-Muslet as its new leader to succeed Nasr Hariri.

Al-Muslet, who is from Hasakah Province in northeastern Syria, is a founding member of the Syrian National Coalition and also the leader of the Syrian Council of Tribes and Clans.

He is also a sheikh of the Jabbour tribe, which has members in Syria and Iraq, and was previously the official spokesman of the Syrian opposition’s Higher Negotiating Committee (HNC).

The General Assembly, which began its 57th session yesterday, also elected a new political committee of 19 members.

The Syrian National Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SOC), also known as the Etilaf was formed in 2012 as an umbrella organisation representing a large number of Syrian political opposition groups opposed to the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad.

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