Burhan Ghalioun, the former chief of Syria’s main opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), has visited the country’s Idlib province with the help of members of the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA), a prominent member of the SNC told Echorouk Wednesday.

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  Footage showing Ghalioun visiting the Syrian rebels and getting into a car with a Syrian flag on it was broadcast on YouTube.

• Ghalioun said he visited Syria for a few hours to “boost the morale” of rebels, media outlets reported Tuesday. After his first visit to Syria in more than two years, Ghalioun said he entered the country secretly, spending a few hours there during which he “met with anti-regime rebels.”

• “The visit was aimed at boosting the morale of rebels” who are fighting the repressive regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Ghalioun told Echorouk after returning to neighboring Turkey.

• Ghalioun visited “several battered regions in Idlib province” in northwest Syria near the border with Turkey, a prominent member of the SNC said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Ghalioun entered Syria secretly through Turkey with the help of FSA members, the SNC member said.

• Ghalioun resigned in May to avert divisions within the opposition bloc, after activists on the ground accused him of monopolizing power.

• Earlier this month, the SNC named Kurdish activist Abdel Basset Sayda to replace Ghalioun in a bid to gain broader appeal that could embrace all opposition groups.