National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
Coalition of Syrian opposition fighters
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| February 12 2025 | Hadi al-Bahra and Syrian Negotiation Commission president Bader Jamous meet with al-Sharaa, agreeing to dissolve their organizations and integrate their cadres into the state apparatus. |
| February 11 2025 | The Syrian National Council (SNC) begins preparing to dissolve, instructing employees to apply for positions in the new administration. |
| February 7 2025 | The Kurdish National Council withdraws from the Coalition. |
| January 30 2025 | The Syrian Interim Government places itself 'at the disposal' of the transitional government. |
| January 2025 | Samir Sattouf announces that the Syrian National Coalition and Syrian Negotiation Commission would not be officially invited to the dialogue conference due to their expired mandates. |
| January 8 2025 | Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with a Syrian National Coalition delegation headed by Hadi al-Bahra. |
| 2024 | After the fall of the Assad regime, the Syrian National Coalition relocated from Istanbul to Damascus. |
| December 2024 | Coalition president Hadi al-Bahra calls for an 18-month transitional period to rebuild Syria's institutions and economy, proposing expansion of the SNC to include new opposition elements. |
| December 30 2024 | Hadi al-Bahra announces his relocation to Damascus to work from there. |
| 2023 | The Arab League withdrew its recognition of the Syrian National Coalition. |
| September 12 2023 | Hadi al-Bahra returns to the presidency of the National Coalition for a second term as an independent. |
| May 2023 | As part of diplomatic normalization, the Assad regime was reinstated in Syria's seat in the Arab League. |
| July 12 2021 | Salem al-Meslet takes office as president, representing the Syrian Council of Tribes and Clans. |
| July 12 2020 | Naser al-Hariri becomes president of the National Coalition as an independent representative. |
| 2019 | Lost support from the United States. |
| 2019 | The coalition lost support from the United States. |
| June 29 2019 | Anas al-Abdah returns to the presidency of the National Coalition for a second term, representing the Movement for Justice and Development. |
| April 25 2018 | The al-Mu'tasim Brigade, a Free Syrian Army group, withdrew recognition of the National Coalition following the resignations of George Sabra, Suheir Atassi, and Khaled Khoja, citing the Coalition's inability to make national decisions. |
| February 28 2018 | Riad Seif resigns, and Abdurrahman Mustafa becomes president, representing the Syrian Turkmen Assembly. |
| 2017 | Riad Seif becomes president of the Syrian National Council (SNC) but resigns 10 months later due to health issues and conflicts with his Turkish-backed vice-president. |
| May 6 2017 | Riad Seif takes office as president of the National Coalition as an independent. |
| March 5 2016 | Anas al-Abdah becomes president of the National Coalition, representing the Movement for Justice and Development. |
| 2015 | A rival opposition group, the Syrian Democratic Forces and their political arm the Syrian Democratic Council, emerged as a competing representation of Syrian opposition. |
| August 3 2015 | Khaled Khoja is re-elected as president of the National Coalition. |
| January 4 2015 | Khaled Khoja takes office as president of the National Coalition, representing an independent political stance. |
| July 9 2014 | Hadi al-Bahra becomes president of the National Coalition, succeeding Ahmad Jarba. |
| May 5 2014 | The Coalition was officially granted diplomatic status, with its Washington office recognized as a Foreign Mission in the US. |
| March 9 2014 | The Arab League announced that Syria's seat would remain vacant until the opposition completed the formation of its institutions, with SNC representatives allowed to participate in ministerial meetings on an 'exceptional basis'. |
| January 20 2014 | The Syrian National Council withdraws from the coalition in protest of its decision to attend the Geneva talks. |
| January 5 2014 | Ahmad Jarba is re-elected as president of the National Coalition. |
| October 2013 | The Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, led by Salim Idris, met with Ahmad Jarba and recognized the National Coalition as the 'civil authority' of the Syrian opposition. |
| September 2013 | The Syrian Opposition Coalition was deemed increasingly irrelevant following the United States' decision to step back from missile strikes against Syria's regime. |
| September 14 2013 | The National Coalition selects Ahmad Tu'mah as prime minister of an interim government for Syria. |
| July 6 2013 | The coalition elects a new leadership, with Ahmad Asi Al-Jarba becoming president and Anas Al-Abdah becoming secretary general. |
| May 31 2013 | The coalition grants membership to 15 representatives of the Free Syrian Army, allowing direct representation of rebels for the first time. |
| April 22 2013 | Moaz al-Khatib resigns from the presidency, and George Sabra becomes the acting president of the National Coalition. |
| April 21 2013 | Moaz al-Khatib confirms his resignation as president of the coalition. |
| March 27 2013 | The Syrian National Council's embassy in Qatar was opened. |
| March 24 2013 | Moaz al-Khatib surprisingly announces his resignation as president of the coalition, though the coalition initially refuses to accept it. |
| March 19 2013 | Members elect Ghassan Hitto as prime minister of an interim government for Syria at a conference in Istanbul. |
| March 18 2013 | The National Coalition established the Syrian Interim Government (SIG), which would later exercise authority in Turkish-occupied zones of Syria. |
| March 6 2013 | The Syrian National Coalition was granted Syria's seat in the Arab League. |
| December 12 2012 | The Friends of Syria Group transferred its recognition from the Syrian National Council to the Syrian National Coalition, declaring it the 'sole legitimate representative' of the Syrian people. |
| November 2012 | The National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces was founded in Doha, Qatar, as an attempt to unite various opposition movements against Bashar al-Assad's regime during the Syrian Civil War. |
| November 29 2012 | The coalition's general assembly meets in Cairo to activate operational structures and approve statutes, with National Council members and associates comprising 60 percent of attendees. |
| November 26 2012 | The National Coalition appointed Walid Safur as its ambassador to the UK. |
| November 23 2012 | Qatar became the first Arab country to publicly announce it would accept an envoy from the new opposition body. |
| November 21 2012 | The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) rejected the new coalition, criticizing it for 'obedience to Turkey and Qatar'. |
| November 20 2012 | The United Kingdom invited the National Coalition to appoint a political representative. |
| November 19 2012 | Members of al-Nusra Front and 13 other armed groups publicly rejected the National Coalition through a YouTube video, announcing their intention to establish an Islamic state in Syria. |
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