Syrian opposition leaders have formed a coalition to prepare for the fall of President Bashar al Assad.
Conference delegates who had struggled for days to find the unity sought by their Western and Arab backers said the new body would ensure a voice for religious and ethnic minorities and for the rebels fighting on the ground, who say they have been overlooked by exiled dissident groups.
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