The Kurdish National Council announces its official withdrawal from the National Coalition.

The Kurdish National Council in Syria announced today, Friday, its official withdrawal from the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, confirming that Syria has entered a new phase.

The council's spokesperson, Faisal Yusuf, stated: "The revolution has ended, the Ba'ath regime has fallen, a new phase has begun, and we have decided to withdraw from the Syrian opposition coalition."

Yusuf added: "The council is no longer part of the Syrian opposition that was founded in Qatar in 2012 and based in Istanbul. We were part of the coalition for 10 or 11 years, but today we have made the decision to withdraw."

He pointed out that the current stage "no longer requires the presence of parties that were working to overthrow the regime, because the regime has ended, and the Assad regime and the Ba'ath regime have fallen."

On his part, Suleiman Oso, a member of the Presidency of the "Kurdish National Council" in Syria, stated that the withdrawal decision includes "the coalition" and the "Syrian Negotiating Committee."

He added that the council's work as a "Kurdish political framework" will continue on its path of struggle within Syria, for "constitutional recognition of the Kurdish people and their national rights, through dialogue with the Damascus government."

The continued presence of the National Council within the Syrian coalition is detrimental to their image among the Kurdish population, in favor of their opponent, the Democratic Union Party, which always accuses them of serving Turkey.