Syrian National Council

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Syrian opposition group opposition coalition political organization

The Syrian National Council was a coalition of Syrian opposition groups formed during the Syrian civil war to represent and coordinate political resistance against the Assad government.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Syrian opposition group ⓘ
opposition coalition ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
activity coordination of protests ⓘ
diplomatic lobbying ⓘ
international advocacy ⓘ
political representation of Syrian opposition abroad ⓘ
conflict Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedInContextOf Arab Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal coordination of Syrian opposition groups ⓘ
establishment of a democratic system in Syria ⓘ
overthrow of Bashar al-Assad ⓘ
hasCommittee foreign affairs committee ⓘ
human rights committee ⓘ
media and communications committee ⓘ
hasPart Kurdish political groups ⓘ
Local Coordination Committees of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
independent activists ⓘ
liberal opposition figures ⓘ
headquartersLocation Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology political pluralism ⓘ
pro-democracy ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
inception 2011-08 ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
mergedInto National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergerDate 2012-11 ⓘ
notableLeader Abdelbaset Sieda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burhan Ghalioun NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Sabra NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposes Bashar al-Assad government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian Ba'ath Party rule ⓘ
partOf Syrian opposition NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalPosition centre ⓘ
centre-left ⓘ
recognizedAs legitimate representative of the Syrian people ⓘ
recognizedBy European Union member states ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
status largely superseded by National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces ⓘ
typeOfOpposition exiled opposition ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Free Syrian Army → alliedWith → Syrian National Council ⓘ
Free Syrian Army → alliedWith → Syrian National Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
Abdulbaset Sieda → memberOf → Syrian National Council ⓘ
Moaz al-Khatib → memberOf → Syrian National Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
Riad Seif → memberOf → Syrian National Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces