AFP, Damascus, 16 Jan 2012 – The political and military opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announced Monday they have set up a hotline to coordinate their action, as foreign and internal pressure mounts on his regime.
The Syrian National Council, an umbrella group, said in a statement the decision was taken in talks on Saturday night with the Syrian Free Army (SFA), formed of deserters from the military.
A liaison office was set up and ‘a hotline to follow internal political developments on the ground,’ it said.