DUBAI, (Reuters) – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Monday it will recognise Syria’s newly formed opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
Syrian opposition groups struck a deal in Doha on Sunday to form a broad coalition to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
“The GCC declares its recognition of the Syrian national coalition … as the legitimate representative of the brotherly Syrian people,” Abdulatif al-Zayani, the GCC’s secretary general, said in a statement.
