Coalition of Secular and Democratic Syrians or Syrian Coalition of Secular and Democratic Forces (

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الائتلاف العلماني الديموقراطي السوري) is the nucleus of a Syrian

secular Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin ''saeculum'', "worldly" or "of a generation"), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion. Anything that does not have an explicit reference to religion, either negativ ...

and democratic

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that appeared during the 2011 Syrian uprising. It was created by the union of a dozen Muslim and Christian,

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and Kurd

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, who called the minorities of Syria to support the fight against the government of Bashar al-Assad.John Irish (September 16, 2011
"France hails Syria council, develops contacts"
''

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''."Les partis d'opposition laïcs syriens unissent leurs forces à Paris"
Agence France-Presse, 18 September 2011. The Coalition has also called for military intervention in Syria, under the form of a

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similar to that of

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, with a safe zone and cities."UN: Syria death toll tops 2,700"

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, 19 September 2011."Répression en Syrie: Al Assad seul contre tous ?"
, France 24, 11 January 2012. The president of the coalition, who is also a member of the Syrian National Council, is Randa Kassis."Entretien avec Randa Kassis, opposante et intellectuelle syrienne porte-parole de la Coalition des Forces Laïques et membre du Conseil National Syrien"
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'', 11 November 2011.Alexandre Del Valle (2 June 2011
"Syrie: Pourquoi Assad reste au pouvoir"
''France Soir''.Julien Peyron (11 January 2012
Discours de Bachar al-Assad : "Comme d’habitude, il ressort le complot de l’étranger"

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."Randa Kassis est membre du comité directeur de la Coalition des forces laïques et démocratiques syriennes."
, Radio France International, 18 September 2011.

References

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