Syria's new opposition leadership has set out to gather recognition and wider backing for the struggle to take over the country from President Bashar al Assad.
Violence flared again on the Turkish border and the line separating Syria from the Golan Heights, highlighting how the conflict is spilling into the region.
Reformist Damascus cleric Mouaz Alkhatib flew to Cairo to seek the Arab League's blessing for the new assembly that unanimously elected him as its leader.
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