Tuesday, August 27, 2013

I thought this was interesting.

Syrian rebels have a headquarters in Egypt where the Muslim Brotherhood is having trouble coming to grips with the idea of democracy? Really?

I suppose those headquartered in Egypt are now headed to Syria where things are more stable. 

August 17, 2013 12:01 PM GMT 
By Vasudevan Sridharan

Growing unrest in Egypt (click here) has forced Syrian rebel leaders to flee the country and move their headquarters to Turkey.

The army-backed interim administration in Egypt has clamped down on the movement of senior figures of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), making it difficult for them to operate from Cairo.
Scores of rebel leaders have already left Egypt, Khaled Khoja, Turkish representative of the opposition bloc, told the Ankara-based Hürriyet Daily News.
"Many Syrian opposition figures are leaving Egypt, Mouaz al-Khatib, the former head of the Syrian National Coalition, has plans to settle in Turkey," said Khoja.....