LONDON - The National Salvation Front, an exiled Syrian opposition group, on Sunday kicked off a two-day meeting here with a resounding call to bring about regime change and embrace democracy in Damascus. Created just over two months ago, the NSF convened the London talks, which conclude on Monday, to set out the groupÂ’s aims and to discuss tactics with other exiled opposition groupings. The NSF includes outspoken former Syrian vice-president Abdel Halim Kaddam and the banned Muslim Brotherhood.| Birds of a feather and all ... |
Ali Sadreddine Al Bayanouini, the exiled head of the Muslim Brotherhood, added that the purpose of the meeting was to set up a ”national programme of change” away from the government of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
About 50 opponents of al-Assad regime, including Kurdish parties, independents and communists, turned up for the talks which were not however attended by opposition figures living in Syria.
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Khaddam resigned as vice-president last June and now lives in exile in Paris where he is leading opposition activities. He has held a number of meetings in Paris and Brussels with the London-based al-Bayanouini, on their push for “peaceful regime change”.