REUTERS: LONDON: The "Friends of Syria", an alliance of mainly Western and Gulf Arab countries who oppose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has agreed to increase support for the moderate Syrian opposition, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday.

 

"We've also agreed unanimously to take further steps together through a coordinated strategy to increase our support for the moderate opposition, the national coalition and for its supreme military council and associated moderate armed groups," Hague told reporters in London. 

Britain has upgraded the status of the London office of the Syrian opposition to a mission, Hague added.

 

The office of the Syrian National Coalition was being upgraded "in recognition of the strength of our partnership", he said.