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Syrian opposition leaders fear President Obama’s re-election campaign has taken precedence over their country’s humanitarian crisis, according to a delegation that visited Washington, D.C., last week.

Molham Aldrobi, Ammar Adbulhamid — Molham Aldrobi, right, member of the Syrian National Council, joined by Ammar Abdulhamid, an exiled anti-regime activist, visit the Kosovo capital of Pristina on April 26. /AP

Representatives from the Syrian National Council, Syria’s largest rebel alliance, and Kurdish opposition leaders met members of Congress and the State Department, but say they hit a “wall” at the White House.

Syria’s freedom fighters face continued slaughter and potential genocide at the hands of President Bashar Assad.

They have expressed a desperate need for U.S. aid but say Mr. Obama seems to have sidelined the humanitarian crisis in Syria while he focuses on his re-election campaign and Russian diplomatic tensions.

“There has been a definite pushback from Obama’s administration,” said Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian activist and author who coordinated the delegation’s trip. Mr. Abdulhamid described the current White House administration as a “black box” of secrecy.

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