Syrian National Coalition

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Syrian opposition group political organization umbrella organization

The Syrian National Coalition is a political umbrella organization formed in 2012 to represent the Syrian opposition in its struggle against the government of Bashar al-Assad.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces	9
Syrian National Coalition canonical	6
Syrian Opposition Coalition	2
ائتلاف قوى معارضة	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5126925 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Syrian National Coalition
Context triple: [Moaz al-Khatib, roleIn, Syrian National Coalition]

A. Syrian National Council
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.
B. Syrian opposition
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.
C. Syrian Democratic Council
The Syrian Democratic Council is the political umbrella body and governing coalition that represents and coordinates the multi-ethnic, Kurdish-led administration and its allies in northern and eastern Syria.
D. Syrian Interim Government
The Syrian Interim Government is an alternative administrative body formed by the Syrian opposition to govern areas outside the control of the Assad regime during the Syrian civil conflict.
E. Ahrar al-Sham
Ahrar al-Sham is a Sunni Islamist rebel group that emerged as a major armed faction in the Syrian Civil War, particularly active in battles against Syrian government forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Syrian National Coalition
Target entity description: The Syrian National Coalition is a political umbrella organization formed in 2012 to represent the Syrian opposition in its struggle against the government of Bashar al-Assad.

A. Syrian National Council
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.
B. Syrian opposition
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.
C. Syrian Democratic Council
The Syrian Democratic Council is the political umbrella body and governing coalition that represents and coordinates the multi-ethnic, Kurdish-led administration and its allies in northern and eastern Syria.
D. Syrian Interim Government
The Syrian Interim Government is an alternative administrative body formed by the Syrian opposition to govern areas outside the control of the Assad regime during the Syrian civil conflict.
E. Ahrar al-Sham
Ahrar al-Sham is a Sunni Islamist rebel group that emerged as a major armed faction in the Syrian Civil War, particularly active in battles against Syrian government forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Syrian opposition group ⓘ political organization ⓘ umbrella organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces ⓘ linked to: Syrian National Coalition Syrian Opposition Coalition ⓘ linked to: Syrian National Coalition
conflict	Syrian civil war ⓘ linked to: Syrian Civil War
country	Syria ⓘ
founded	2012-11-11 ⓘ
foundedIn	Doha ⓘ Qatar ⓘ
hasChairperson	Abdulrahman Mustafa ⓘ Ahmad Jarba ⓘ Anas al-Abdah ⓘ Khaled Khoja ⓘ Moaz al-Khatib ⓘ Riad Seif ⓘ Salem al-Meslet ⓘ
hasOrgan	Supreme Military Council ⓘ Syrian Interim Government ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Istanbul ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
ideology	Syrian opposition ⓘ
includes	Local Coordination Committees of Syria ⓘ Syrian National Council ⓘ various Syrian opposition factions ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
opposes	Government of Bashar al-Assad ⓘ linked to: Syrian government Syrian Arab Republic government ⓘ linked to: Syrian government
participatedIn	Geneva II Conference on Syria ⓘ linked to: Geneva peace talks on Syria Syrian peace talks in Geneva ⓘ
politicalAlignment	anti-Assad ⓘ
politicalPosition	big tent ⓘ
purpose	overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad ⓘ represent the Syrian opposition ⓘ
recognizedAs	legitimate representative of the Syrian people ⓘ
recognizedBy	Arab League ⓘ France ⓘ Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
regionServed	Syria ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam (dominant among members) ⓘ linked to: Sunni Islam
represents	Syrian opposition forces ⓘ linked to: Syrian opposition Syrian revolutionary forces ⓘ
shortName	National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces ⓘ linked to: Syrian National Coalition Syrian Opposition Coalition ⓘ linked to: Syrian National Coalition
website	https://www.etilaf.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited