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Fri, Sep 30 2011 Assad opponents unite, ask world for help Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Pro-Assad forces regain rebel Syrian town: agency Sat, Oct 1 2011 Syrians protest as army and defectors clash Fri, Sep 30 2011 Syrian crowd stones U.S. envoy's convoy Thu, Sep 29 2011 Pro-Assad crowd stones U.S. envoy's convoy in Syria Thu, Sep 29 2011 Syrian tanks pound anti-Assad fighters for 2nd day Wed, Sep 28 2011 Analysis & Opinion Awlaki and the Arab autumn World arms deals and tilting at windmills Related Topics World » United Nations » Syria » By Seda Sezer ISTANBUL | Sun Oct 2, 2011 1:46pm EDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's main opposition groups joined together on Sunday to call on the international community to take action to protect Syrian people facing a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests. A statement issued in Istanbul on behalf of the newly formed National Council rejected foreign intervention that "compromises Syria's sovereignty" but said the outside world had a humanitarian obligation to protect the Syrian people. "The Council demands international governments and organizations meet their responsibility to support the Syrian people, protect them and stop the crimes and gross human rights violations being committed by the illegitimate current regime," the statement said. It also said the Muslim Brotherhood, the Damascus Declaration - the main grouping of established opposition figures - and grassroots activists all had joined the National Council. While few expect a Libya-style intervention in Syria, the declaration was nonetheless an important show of unity for the opposition, which has been weakened by in-fighting. "The fact that Islamists, secular figures and activists in the ground are now on one council is a significant," a diplomat in the Syrian capital Damascus said. "But they still have to demonstrate that they could be politically savvy and able to fill any political vacuum. They need a detailed action plan beyond the generalities of wanting a democratic Syria." The United Nations says 2,700 people, including 100 children, have been killed in six months of protests against President Bashar al-Assad. The 46-year old president, who inherited power from his father in 2000, blames the violence on armed gangs backed by foreign forces, while his officials say 700 police and soldiers have been killed, as well as 700 "mutineers." The authorities have also dismissed the opposition organizing outside Syria as a foreign conspiracy to sow sectarian strife. The Istanbul declaration was read out by Bourhan Ghalioun, a secular professor of politics living in France. He was flanked by Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammad Riad al-Shaqfa, Christian and Kurdish politicians and Samir Nashar, a member of the Damascus Declaration. Among those represented in the Damascus Declaration are former parliamentarian Riad Seif, seen as possibly playing a leadership role if Assad were to fall, and Riad al-Turk, Syria's top dissident. Turk, 81, but still operating underground, has moral authority over the diverse opposition, having spent 25 years in jail as a political prisoner, including almost 18 in solitary confinement. France has already publicly supported the National Council, but it has not yet won endorsement from the United States or Syria's powerful neighbor Turkey, which has been enraged by what it describes as brutal killings south of its border. Assad has relied on Russia and China, which have major oil concessions in Syria and do not want to see Western influence in the Middle East spread, to block western proposals for United Nations Security Council sanctions on the ruling hierarchy. (Writing by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Myra MacDonald) World United Nations Syria Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (2) amos033 wrote: Ole Recep Erdogan will send the Mavi Marbara to a Syrian port maybe? 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