Syrian fighter groups’ meeting in Turkey elected a 30-member unified command on 7 December at talks attended by security officials from international powers, delegates said. “The command has been organised into several fronts. We are now in the process of electing a military leader and a political liaison office for each region,” one of the delegates who did not want to be named was reported as saying.
The world’s chemical weapons watchdog asked Syria to sign up to a convention banning their use, as an opposition leader called on the international community to stop Assad’s regime unleashing a chemical arms “disaster.”