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Syrian National Council

Not to be confused with National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.

Syrian National Council
المجلس الوطني السوري
Al-Majlis al-Waṭanī as-Sūri
AbbreviationSNC
Formation23 August 2011 (2011-08-23)
PurposeOpposition to the Syria Ba'athist regime
HeadquartersIstanbul, Turkey
Region served
Syria
Membership420 members
(in November 2012)
Official language
Arabic
Chairperson
Ahmad Jarba
Executive Board
Spokesperson
Radwan Ziadeh
AffiliationsSyrian National Coalition
(11 November 2012 to 20 January 2014)
Websitewww.syriancouncil.org
Politics of the Syrian opposition
Symbols
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Administrative divisions
Political parties
Foreign relations

The Syrian National Council (SNC),[a] also known as the Syrian National Transitional Council or the National Council of Syria,[1][2] was a Syrian opposition coalition based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formed in August 2011 during the Syrian civil uprising (which escalated into civil war) against the government of Bashar al-Assad.[3][4]

Initially, the council denied seeking to play the role of a government in exile,[5] but this changed a few months later when violence in Syria intensified.[6][7][8] The Syrian National Council sought the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule and the establishment of a modern, civil, democratic state. The SNC National Charter lists human rights, judicial independence, press freedom, democracy and political pluralism as its guiding principles.[9] It acted as a conduit by which the factionalised Syrian opposition attracted and distributed money and arms from foreign sponsors.[10]

On 28 October 2011, the SNC expressed worries about the Libyan scenario (with the violent overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi) being reiterated in Syria. It warned against a militarization of the conflict and insisted that the revolution was not sectarian but included all factions of the Syrian society. It also put its hopes in the multiplications of acts of civil disobedience as they "can be generalized, developed and expanded. This is because they are peaceful. These will be supported by businesses and others who are afraid of the costs of war. Peaceful methods are generalizable."[11]

In November 2012, the Syrian National Council agreed to unify with several other opposition groups to form the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, commonly named the Syrian National Coalition.[12][13][14]

The Syrian National Council withdrew from the Syrian National Coalition on 20 January 2014 in protest at the decision of the coalition to attend the Geneva II Conference on Syria.[15][16] The Coalition eventually supplanted the Council as the main representative body of the opposition.[17] As of the mid-2010s, the Syrian National Council is no longer active.


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  6. ^ "Syrian National Council, Syria's rebel government, opens offices in Turkey". Global Post. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Syrian National Council Holds First Congress in Tunis". Tunisia Live. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Why Syria's Kurds Will Determine the Fate of the Revolution". IKJNEWS. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Q&A: Syrian opposition alliance". BBC News. 16 November 2011.
  10. ^ Ruthven, Malise (23 June 2016). "How to Understand ISIS". New York Review of Books. 63 (11). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  11. ^ Blaser, Noah. "In fight against Assad, Syrian opposition looks for its own model of revolution". Article. Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
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