Syrian opposition forming a unity coalition by WBEZ published on 2012/11/12 19:26:22 +0000 A new coalition that aims to unify opposition against Syrian President Bashar al- Assad was formed over the weekend. We’ll check in with Chicagoan Yaser Tabbara, legal advisor and English-language spokesperson for the newly formed National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. He’s at the meeting in Doha.