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|name = Coalition of Secular and Democratic Syrians<br><small>''الائتلاف العلماني الديموقراطي السوري''</small>
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|purpose = Opposition to President Bashar al-Assad
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|leader_name = Randa Kassis
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'''Coalition of Secular and Democratic Syrians''' or '''Syrian Coalition of Secular and Democratic Forces''' ([[Arabic]] '''الائتلاف العلماني الديموقراطي السوري''') is the nucleus of a [[Syria]]n [[secular]] and [[democracy|democratic]] [[Syrian opposition|opposition]] that appeared during the [[2011 Syrian uprising]]. It was created by the union of a dozen [[Islam in Syria|Muslim]] and [[Christianity in Syria|Christian]], [[Arabs|Arab]] and [[Kurds in Syria|Kurd]] [[List of political parties in Syria|parties]], who called the [[Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian Civil War|minorities of Syria]] to support the fight against the government of [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref name=reuters>John Irish (September 16, 2011) [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-france-idUSTRE78F3SS20110916 "France hails Syria council, develops contacts"], ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref><ref name=afp>[http://www.france24.com/fr/20110918-syrie-france-lancement-coalition-partis-syriens-laics-democratique-bachar-al-assad-opposes-islamisme "Les partis d'opposition laïcs syriens unissent leurs forces à Paris"], [[Agence France-Presse]], 18 September 2011.</ref>  The Coalition has also called for military intervention in Syria, under the form of a [[no-fly zone]] similar to that of [[Kosovo]], with a [[Humanitarian corridor|safe zone]] and cities.<ref name=alja>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/09/201191922323444830.html "UN: Syria death toll tops 2,700"], [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]], 19 September 2011.</ref><ref name=fr24bis>[http://www.france24.com/fr/2012-01-11-0010-debat-syrie "Répression en Syrie: Al Assad seul contre tous ?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115073959/http://www.france24.com/fr/2012-01-11-0010-debat-syrie |date=2012-01-15 }}, France 24, 11 January 2012.</ref> The president of the coalition, who is also a member of the [[Syrian National Council]], is [[Randa Kassis]].<ref name=frso1>[http://www.francesoir.fr/actualite/international/entretien-avec-randa-kassis-opposante-et-intellectuelle-syrienne-porte-parole-coalition-des-forces-laiqu "Entretien avec Randa Kassis, opposante et intellectuelle syrienne porte-parole de la Coalition des Forces Laïques et membre du Conseil National Syrien"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026230409/http://www.francesoir.fr/actualite/international/entretien-avec-randa-kassis-opposante-et-intellectuelle-syrienne-porte-parole-coalition-des-forces-laiqu |date=2014-10-26 }}, ''[[France Soir]]'', 11 November 2011.</ref><ref name=frso2>Alexandre Del Valle (2 June 2011) [http://randakassis.eu/sites/pdf/fr/Syrie%20_%20Pourquoi%20Assad%20reste%20au%20pouvoir%20_%20France%20Soir.pdf "Syrie: Pourquoi Assad reste au pouvoir"], ''France Soir''.</ref><ref name=fr24>Julien Peyron (11 January 2012) [http://www.france24.com/fr/20120110-discours-bachar-al-assad-ressort-complot-etranger-syrie-ligue-arabe-damas-randa-kassis Discours de Bachar al-Assad : "Comme d’habitude, il ressort le complot de l’étranger"], [[France 24]].</ref><ref name=rfi>[http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/syrie-diaspora-laique-randa-kassis-son-113h "Randa Kassis est membre du comité directeur de la Coalition des forces laïques et démocratiques syriennes."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212072540/http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/syrie-diaspora-laique-randa-kassis-son-113h |date=2012-02-12 }}, [[Radio France International]], 18 September 2011.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:2011 establishments in Syria]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2011]]
[[Category:Organizations of the Syrian civil war]]
[[Category:Political opposition alliances in the Arab world]]
[[Category:Political party alliances in Syria]]
[[Category:Syrian opposition groups]]
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