DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syrian opposition leaders say they have made progress toward forging a broad-based leadership group sought by the international community. Riad Seif, the author of the proposal, says the main opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, deferred a decision until after a final round of internal elections Friday. Seif says some of the SNC members present during day-long talks Thursday signaled they accept the idea of setting up a new 60-member leadership group. The leadership group is to serve as a conduit for foreign support for those trying to oust President Bashar Assad. The SNC is hesitant because it would receive only 22 seats to make room for activists inside Syria. Seif says the SNC will make a final decision Friday afternoon, after picking a new chief and executive committee.
Progress in talks on united Syria opposition
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Mustafa, a rebel from the town of Bennish, watches for a sniper firing down a street in the town of Harem, Syria. Despite two weeks of attacking a Roman-era citadel in which pro-Assad militia are dug in, the rebels failed to secure the town. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a group of Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade to cover in the town of Harem, Syria. Despite two weeks of attacking a Roman-era citadel in which pro-Assad militia are dug in, the rebels failed to secure the town. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)
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In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon while running for cover in the Bab al-Nasr district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters shout at a captured suspected pro-Bashar Assad fighter in the town of Harem, Syria. Rebels say the man was killed shortly after this picture. Despite two weeks of attacking a Roman-era citadel in which pro-Assad militia are dug in, the rebels failed to secure the town. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)
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A Syrian family who fled from the violence in their village, sit next to their belongings at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels carry a wounded comrade in a blanket away from the frontline in the town of Harem, Syria. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)
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A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village, plays with other children at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village, jumps a rope at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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In this image made from video, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks with English-language television channel Russia Today recorded at an unknown date in Damascus, Syria. Assad vowed to "to live in Syria and die in Syria", declaring in an interview broadcast Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 that he will never flee his country despite the bloody, 19-month-old uprising against him. (AP Photo) RUSSIA OUT TV OUT
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel fighter takes cover a few meters away from the Castle, used as a military position by Bashar Assad's forces in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 photo, a general view of a destroyed building inside the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site that was gutted in October and which is now controlled by the Free Syrian Army.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto)
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Syrian regime opponent Haytham al-Maleh, center, to reporters on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting in Doha, Qatar,Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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Syrian regime opponent Salem al-Malt talks to reporters on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting in Doha, Qatar,Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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Burhan Ghalioun, leader of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC),attends the meeting of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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Council member George Sabra arrives at the meeting of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar,Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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Syrian regime opponent Haytham al-Maleh talks to reporters on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council (SNC) meeting in Doha, Qatar,Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels gather in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site that was gutted in October and which is now controlled by the Free Syrian Army.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 photo, a mosque on Bab al-Nasser street, seriously damage by the shelling and fighting, is seen in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, now controlled by the Free Syrian Army.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel stands in the ruins of a private house, destroyed by shelling and fighting, in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, now controlled by the Free Syrian Army.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel runs for cover to avoid Syrian Army sniper fire on Sabaa al- Bahriat street, in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto)
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A Syrian family who fled from the violence in their village sit on the ground at a displaced camp in the Syrian village of Atmeh, near the Turkish border with Syria, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 photo, merchants remove their wares from the souk in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto)
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