The National Salvation Front in Syria (Arabic: جبهة الخلاص الوطني في سوريا Jabhat Al-Khalāṣ Al-Waṭanīy fi Sūrīya; French: Front de salut national en Syrie) is a Syrian opposition political party founded and based in Belgium. It was founded by Abdul Halim Khaddam, former Vice President of Syria and interim President from June–July 2000, and nationalist, moderate Islamist, liberal and social-democratic opposition factions in exile in the year 2005. It aims to bring down the dictatorial government of Bashar Al-Assad peacefully. The NSF had its last meeting on September 16, 2007 in Berlin, where some 140 opposition figures attended. The NSF also has offices in France, Germany, and the United States.
Recently, during the Syrian civil war, the National Salvation Front in Syria, as a political party of the Syrian opposition in exile, is preparing a series of demonstrations and protests in cities of the United States and Western Europe.
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