National Redemption Front
| جبهة الخلاص الوطني في سوريا National Redemption Front in Syria |
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| Party leader | Abd al-Halim Haddam |
| founding | 2005 in Belgium |
| Headquarters | Belgium , as well as Germany , France and the USA |
| Alignment | center , Syrian nationalism , liberalism , social democracy |
| Colours) | green |
The National Redemption Front in Syria ( Arabic جبهة الخلاص الوطني في سوريا, DMG Ǧabhat al-Ḫallāṣ al-Waṭanī fī Sūriyā , also National Salvation Front, French Front de salut national , abbreviation NEF ) is a Syrian political party that was founded in Belgium and is also based there.
The Redemption Front was founded by Abd al-Halim Haddam , the former Vice President of Syria and interim president from June to July 2000, as well as by nationalist , moderate Islamist , liberal and social democratic opposition factions in exile. It aims to bring down the government of Bashar al-Assad peacefully. The National Redemption Front had their last joint meeting on September 16, 2007 in Berlin , where around 140 opposition members arrived. The Redemption Front also has offices in France , Germany, and the United States .
Since the Syrian civil war from 2011 , the National Redemption Front in Syria, as a political party of the Syrian opposition in exile, has been preparing a series of protests and demonstrations in cities in Europe and the United States.