National Alliance for the Liberation of Syria

The National Alliance for the Liberation of Syria (Arabic: التحالف الوطني لتحرير سورية, al-Taḥālluf al-waṭanī li-taḥrīr Sūriya) was a coalition of Syrian opposition groups, supported by the Iraqi government.

[8] This pragmatism caused dissent both within the Muslim Brotherhood ranks (their military wing commander `Adnan `Uqla saw it as treason and hypocrisy) as well as from Islamist forces abroad.

[8][7][9] A group of ulema led by Thahir Khayrallah broke away from the Muslim Brotherhood in protest against the National Alliance.

Pro-Iraqi Syrian Baathist leaders Shibli al-Aysami and Amin al-Hafiz, representing the National Alliance, gave press interviews in which they accused Hafez al-Assad of being responsible for the loss of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War in 1967, the atrocities in Hama and for pursuing a moderate line towards Israel and the United States.

[2] Notably the foundation of the National Alliance came after the Hama revolt, by the time the possibility for mobilizing opposition activities inside Syria was too late.