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Syrian National Council المجلس الوطني السوري Al-Majlis al-Waṭanī as-Sūri
Abbreviation
SNC
Formation
23 August 2011 (12 years ago)
Purpose
Opposition to the Syrian Government
Headquarters
Istanbul
Location
Turkey
Region served
Syria
Membership
420 members (Since 1 November 2012)
Chairman/President
George Sabra[1]
Executive Board
George Sabra Abdulbaset Sieda Mohamad Faruq Tayfur Ahmad Ramadan Hisham Marwah Salem al-Musallat Hussein al-Said Abdulahad Astepho Jamal al-Wared Nazir al-Hakim Khaled al-Saleh
Spokesperson
Radwan Ziadeh
Website
www.syriancouncil.org
Politics of Syrian opposition
Symbols
Flag
Coat of arms
Constitution
Antalya conference (2011)
Human rights
Executive
Syrian Interim Government
Prime Minister: Jawad Abu Hatab
President: Anas al-Abdah
Syrian Salvation Government
Prime Minister: Mohammed Al-Sheikh
Dep Prime Minister: Riad al-Asaad
Legislature
Syrian National Coalition
Syrian National Council
National Coordination Committee
Administrative divisions
Capital
Governorates
Districts
Political parties
Syrian National Coalition
Syrian National Council
National Coordination Committee
Foreign relations
HNC
SNC recognition
Arab League membership
Other countries
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The Syrian National Council (SNC;[2][3] Arabic: المجلس الوطني السوري, al-Majlis al-Waṭanī as-Sūri, French: Conseil national syrien), sometimes known as the Syrian National Transitional Council[4] or the National Council of Syria, is a Syrian opposition coalition, based in Istanbul, Turkey, formed in August 2011 during the Syrian civil uprising (which escalated into civil war) against the government of Bashar al-Assad.[5][6]
Initially, the council denied seeking to play the role of a government in exile,[7] but this changed a few months later when violence in Syria intensified.[8][9][10] The Syrian National Council seeks 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.[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]
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