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Driss Jettou, Morocco's new prime minister, announced a 31-member government, including nearly half the outgoing coalition, leaving an Islamist party as the only big opposition faction.
ECONOMIST: Resolution of sorts
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The SNC was born of a power-sharing agreement between Syria's most powerful exiled opposition faction, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, and secular groups, grass-roots activists, and independent opposition leaders from religious or ethnic minorities, like Mr. Sieda.
WSJ: Syria Opposition Picks Kurdish Dissident as Leader
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Mr. Rifi is a Sunni and allied with the opposition March 14th political faction, seen as more pro-western and openly critical of the Syrian regime.
WSJ: Lebanese Leader Resigns Amid Sectarian Tensions
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But Congress of the People, a breakaway faction of the ANC, and opposition party Democratic Alliance hoped to pull enough support to bring the ANC below two-thirds.
CNN: ANC celebrate ahead of S. Africa vote tally
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But in reality that has proved impossible for Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, and his main opposition in Lebanese politics, the March 14th faction led by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
WSJ: As Syrian Crisis Intensifies, Fight Bleeds Into Lebanon
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The previous day he had accused a faction inside Ennahda of being behind attacks on the opposition.
BBC: Tunisia PM Jebali pledges new government 'by next week'