The new face of the Syrian opposition says he is ready to make the move from Dallas to Damascus in a matter of months — but he needs the West urgently to supply anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to fend off the forces of the Assad regime.
Ghassan Hitto, a Syrian-born Texan telecoms executive, this week won the confidence of several G8 states including the US and Britain in his new role as the prime minister of an alternative Syrian government. In his first interview with the English-speaking press since taking the position, Mr Hitto said he was not demanding military intervention from Britain and its Nato allies.
“We’re not asking for British soldiers to be on the ground,” he said in London after a