The Syrian opposition’s defense minister has resigned after reports of disagreements with the group’s head, opposition sources said on Monday.
Dissident Asaad Mustafa’s resignation from the government-in-exile highlights divisions among President Bashar al-Assad's opponents.
Mustafa, in his sixties,had been appointed to his post in November as part of a plan by the opposition National Coalition to administer rebel-held areas of the war-torn country, according to Reuters news agency.
A rebel source close to Mustafa told Reuters he resigned on Sunday night to protest a lack of funds for his fighters from Coalition head Ahmed Jarba.
But a source in the Coalition said Mustafa left after Jarba refused to appoint him as provisional prime minister, a post currently held by Ahmed Tumeh, a moderate Islamist.
Jarba will remain head of the Coalition until June, when a new leader will be elected unless his term is extended.
Source/Fuente: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/05/19/Syrian-oppos...
