AMMAN (Reuters) - Nine people suspended their membership in the Syrian National Coalition, the main political grouping opposing President Bashar al-Assad, on Wednesday one day after it named an Islamist-backed candidate as provisional prime minister.
The coalition was formed with Western and Gulf backing in Qatar last year to bring together Assad's disparate political foes and build an alternative government structure to replace his rule. But after a brief period of harmony, divisions have racked the group.
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