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Shaun Ley

Rime Allaf

HARDtalk: Rime Allaf

28/04/2014 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Rime Allaf

Shaun Ley speaks to Rime Allaf, Presidential Adviser of the Syrian National Coalition.

HARDtalk speaks to Rime Allaf, Presidential Adviser to the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. Is time running out for the opposition?

It must have looked like a position of great influence in the new post-war Syria - Presidential Adviser to the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces - the government in exile planning to drive President Assad from power. HARDtalk speaks to Rime Allaf, who took on that role after a distinguished career in international think tanks. Now though Assad is so confident he's running for re-election, the coalition's forces are enduring defeats on the ground and important Western allies are getting nervous - seemingly more worried about the hard-line Islamists gaining a foothold in Syria than they are about Assad himself. Is time running out, not for the President, but for the opposition?

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