Syrian opposition

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coalition political opposition movement

The Syrian opposition is a diverse coalition of political groups, armed factions, and civil society actors that have sought to challenge and overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Syrian opposition canonical	11
Syrian opposition movement	3
Syrian opposition armed groups	2
Syrian opposition forces	2
Syrian opposition groups	2
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition groups	2
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces	1
Syrian National Coalition	1
Syrian opposition factions	1
Syrian opposition factions in Idlib	1
Syrian opposition in exile	1
Syrian opposition rebel groups	1
Syrian pro-democracy movement	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coalition ⓘ political opposition movement ⓘ
characterizedBy	competition between factions ⓘ fragmentation ⓘ ideological diversity ⓘ
conflictWith	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: Jabhat al-Nusra / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (at various times) Syrian Arab Army ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
goal	constitutional reform ⓘ establishment of a transitional governing body ⓘ free elections in Syria ⓘ overthrow of Bashar al-Assad ⓘ regime change in Syria ⓘ
hasPart	Free Syrian Army ⓘ Syrian opposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Syrian Interim Government ⓘ Syrian Interim Government ⓘ surface form: Syrian National Council Syrian civil society organizations ⓘ armed opposition factions ⓘ exiled opposition figures ⓘ local coordination committees ⓘ political opposition parties ⓘ
ideology	democracy ⓘ human rights ⓘ political pluralism ⓘ
includes	Islamist groups ⓘ Kurdish political actors (partially and at times) ⓘ secular groups ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
opposes	Syrian government ⓘ surface form: Bashar al-Assad government
participatesIn	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
recognizedAs	legitimate representative of the Syrian people (by some states) ⓘ
recognizedBy	Arab League ⓘ surface form: Arab League (in part, at various times) Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ surface form: Gulf Cooperation Council (in part, at various times)
significantEvent	2011 Syrian protests ⓘ Astana peace talks ⓘ Geneva peace talks on Syria ⓘ surface form: Geneva II Conference on Syria Riyadh Conference of Syrian opposition groups ⓘ formation of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces in 2012 ⓘ formation of the Syrian National Council in 2011 ⓘ
startTime	2011 ⓘ
supportedBy	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Union member states France ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syrian Civil War → hasMainBelligerent → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Syrian Arab Army → primaryOpponentInSyrianCivilWar → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition armed groups

Syrian government → opposedBy → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian National Coalition

Syrian opposition → hasPart → Syrian opposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces

Free Syrian Army → ideology → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Riad Seif → politicalAlignment → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Riad Seif → memberOf → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Riad Seif → activeIn → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian pro-democracy movement

Battle of Aleppo → belligerent → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition forces

Astana peace talks → involvedParty → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition factions

fall of Eastern Ghouta → belligerentSide → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition rebel groups

fall of Eastern Ghouta → opposedBy → Syrian opposition ⓘ

2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement → partyToConflict → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition factions in Idlib

Moaz al-Khatib → movement → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Siege of Homs → combatant → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition forces

Ahmad Jarba → politicalAlignment → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Ahmad Jarba → movement → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition movement

Anas al-Abdah → roleIn → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition in exile

Anas al-Abdah → politicalAlignment → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Anas al-Abdah → movement → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition movement

Abdulbaset Sieda → movement → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Razan Zaitouneh → movement → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition movement

PYD → opposedBy → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition groups

SDF → opponent → Syrian opposition ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Turkish-backed Syrian opposition groups

Operation Olive Branch → belligerent → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkish-backed Syrian opposition groups

2007 Syrian presidential election → criticizedBy → Syrian opposition ⓘ

Syrian Turkmen → recognizedAsMinorityBy → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition groups

Syrian Armed Forces → opposedBy → Syrian opposition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian opposition armed groups