France recognises new Syria coalition as fighting rages
- Published: 13 Nov 2012 at 17.47
- Online news: World
France recognised the newly formed opposition National Coalition on Tuesday as the sole representative of the Syrian people, the first Western country to do so, and said the question of arming them must now be reviewed.
Syrian rebels of the Halab al-Shabah battalion under Al-Tawhid brigade take position during clashes with regime forces in Al-Amariya district of the northern city of Aleppo. France recognised the newly formed opposition National Coalition on Tuesday as the sole representative of the Syrian people, the first Western country to do so, and said the question of arming them must now be reviewed.
Meanwhile, fighting raged on in the country, with at least 115 people killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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