FILE - In this Tuesday April 10, 2012 file photo Bassma Kodmani, a spokeswoman for the largest opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), speaks during a press conference in Geneva. Bassma Kodmani said in an interview Friday Aug. 3, 2012, that she did not exclude a role for Manaf Tlass, the Syrian general who was the first defector within Assad's inner circle but whose motives have raised suspicions. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)