Khaddam, Muslim Brotherhood Team Up to Topple Assad

The Syrian Republican Guard has been placed on high alert after reports surfaced that former Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam and Ali Bayanouni of the Muslim Brotherhood agreed on Wednesday to join forces to topple President Bashar al-Assad.

"There was agreement on a joint vision to save Syria from the crisis that the regime has placed it in," a source in Khaddam's office said. "It was also agreed to contact other opposition leaders inside and outside Syria to come up with a joint plan of action."