Syria's western-backed political opposition structure reelects president

Syrian Opposition Council President Khaled Khoja talks to the media before a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington April 30, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's western-backed political opposition, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, reelected Khaled Khoja for a second term as its president, the body said in a statement.

The Coalition, accused of slipping into virtual irrelevance on the battlefield as Islamist and Kurdish groups have grown stronger, is working on establishing a new military command structure to head up rebel fighting groups.