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Week Ahead: Levin asks for Syrian opposition's wish list

Al-Monitor gets preview of the Syrian Opposition Coalition’s request for assistance to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 06:  Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) arrives for a hearing with the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff testify on Capitol Hill May 6, 2014 in Washington, DC. Joined by senior enlisted officers, the Joint Chiefs testified about proposals relating to military compensation.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Syrian National Coalition is putting together a list of requests for military and other assistance as the Senate Armed Services Committee assembles its annual defense bill next week.

The panel chaired by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., requested the memo during a meeting with President Ahmad Jarba and other leaders of the opposition last week, a top coalition adviser told Al-Monitor in an interview on Friday.

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