• Burhan Ghalioun resigns as leader of the opposition SNC • Resignation comes after LCC threatened to quit the council • Students welcome UN monitors at Aleppo university • Read the latest summary Opposition leader Burhan Ghalioun says he will resign as president to of Syrian National Council, after the activist group the Local Co-ordination Committees in Syria threaten to withdraw from the group.
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