The two main Syrian opposition forces - the Syrian National Council (SNC) and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria (NCB) - came together to formally unite against the Assad regime.
Meeting at the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo Friday, the Burhan Ghalioun, leader of the SNC, whose members are mainly in exile, and Haytham Manna of the NCB, whose members are mainly based inside Syria, signed a draft agreement on the roadmap to democracy.
In a statement, the NCB said,
"[the agreement] sets out the political and democratic rules for the transitional period [should Assad's regime be overthrown] and "determines the important parameters for Syria's future which aspire to ensure that the homeland and every citizen's rights are treated with dignity, and for the foundation of a civil democratic state."
Underlining the rights and equality of all Syrian citizens, the draft agreement states that the Kurdish minority is a "fundamental and historic" part of Syria's national structure.
The agreement rejects military intervention from the West, whilst allowing for the possibility of such intervention from within the Arab League.
