Assad has no place in Syria's future, opposition leader

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has no place in Syria's future, former leader of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Ahmad al-Jarba said on Sunday.

Emerging from a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby at Cairo Headquarters, al-Jarba hoped the Riyadh meeting of the opposition leaders would unify stances ahead of a new session of dialogue between the opposition leaders and the Syrian regime.

Responding to a question on France and US references to keep Bashar al-Assad in office and not to link his departure to the transitional stage, al-Jarba said after five years of killing the Syrians and destruction of their country, Assad has no place in Syria's future.

Sources: MENA