The Guardian published a report Friday under the headline “West Backs Qatari Plan to Unify Syrian Opposition.”

The Guardian published a report Friday under the headline “West Backs Qatari Plan to Unify Syrian Opposition.”

The report indicated that “Britain, the US and other western powers are backing a new attempt to create a single coherent Syrian opposition that could take part in peace talks with President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime or, of talks fail, provide a channel for greater military support the rebels.”

The British daily further reported that “the plan will be launched in Doha, Qatar on Thursday,” and that it “will bring the external opposition together with the revolutionary councils leading the insurrection inside Syria, behind a common program for a democratic transition.”

It noted that the “Syrian National Initiative” will create a council of about 50 members chaired by Riad Seif, a Sunni businessman who left Syria in June.”

In this context, observers say that if “the Doha initiative is successful, Washington’s policy might change, allowing heavier weapons to be supplied to the opposition, whoever wins the US election on Tuesday.”