Salah Disouqi, one of the Egyptian revolution figures, speaks at the opening session of "National Conference for Rescuing Syria"in Damascus, Sept. 23, 2012. Syrian oppositional National Coordination Body (NCB) and some other opposition parties started a "National Conference for Rescuing Syria" in Damascus on Sunday, a day after some 28 opposition parties called for postponing the conference over disputes with the NCB. (Xinhua/Hazim)
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Syrian opposition kick off "national conference" with absence of many parties
DAMASCUS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Syrian oppositional National Coordination Body (NCB) and some 20 other opposition parties started a "National Conference for Rescuing Syria" in Damascus on Sunday, amid the boycott of more than 28 parties which announced a day earlier that they had disagreements with the NCB in terms of vision and basics.
The all-day-long conference was kicked off Sunday morning with the Syrian national anthem. It is notable, however, that the conference started with neither the official Syrian flag nor the opposition's one. Full story
