Syrian rebels want post-war reconstruction aid

The head of the main Syrian opposition group has called for a massive aid programme to help rebuild his country, if president Bashar Assad is overthrown.

Abdelbaset Sieda, the head of the Syrian National Council, told a meeting of Syrian opposition representatives and diplomats, that a deal similar to the post-Second World War European reconstruction effort, known as the Marshall Plan, would be needed in the event of the fall of the Assad regime.