Syrian opposition (2011–2024) refers to groups opposing the Ba'athist Syrian government and former president Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian civil war. Jihadist groups such as the Islamic State are generally not included under that definition.
Syrian opposition may specifically refer to:
Civil society Before Syrian civil war Organizations founded abroad to oppose the Assad regime: National Democratic Rally Reform Party of Syria Syrian Democratic People's Party National Salvation Front in Syria Movement for Justice and Development in Syria National Alliance for the Liberation of Syria Signatories of the statement of 99 and the statement of 1000 Platforms that emerged during the Damascus Spring Riad Seif Forum Organizations associated with the Damascus Declaration Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, opposition to Syria since Hafez al-Assad
During Syrian civil war Syrian National Council, a major opposition coalition founded in 2011 National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, or Syrian National Coalition (SNC), successor to the Syrian National Council founded in 2012 Local Coordination Committees of Syria, groups formed in Syria during the early stages of the uprising National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, an opposition coalition that favored negotiations with the regime Other groups: Supreme Council of the Syrian Revolution Syrian Revolution General Commission Syrian Revolution Coordinators Union
Others Syrian Negotiation Commission (known from 2015 to 2017 as the High Negotiations Committee) in the context of the Syrian peace negotiations Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava), a de facto Kurdish-led autonomous region Syrian Democratic Council, lawmaking body Syrian Democratic Forces, military forces
Political groups Systemic opposition Popular Front for Change and Liberation, a coalition of Syrian political parties and the official political opposition within the People's Assembly of Syria during Bashar al-Assad's rule
Non-systemic opposition Syrian Salvation Government, affiliated with HTS Syrian Interim Government, affiliated with the SNC
Armed factions Free Syrian Army, the main armed rebel faction during the early stages of the civil war Several Islamist groups: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Ahrar al-Sham Jaysh al-Islam Other armed factions in the Syrian civil war opposed to the Ba'athist regime during the civil war: Military Operations Command (affiliated with HTS) Syrian National Army (affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government) Southern Front Syrian Liberation Front Syrian Free Army
See also Syrian civil war, multi-sided civil war in Syria Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war, conflict among factions of the Syrian opposition and Free Syrian Army throughout the Syrian Civil War Syrian Social Nationalist Party, a party in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine that advocates a Greater Syrian nation state Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamist and fundamentalist political organization