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Take action: Where are the Douma 4?
Tuesday, the 9th of December, marks the first anniversary of the abduction of the four human rights activists, Razan Zaitouneh, Samira al-Khalil, Wael Hamadeh and Nazem Hammadi, called the "Douma 4". You can do something about this. Put up this picture on Facebook and Twitter as cover photos and use…
Syrian Activists Challenge Mainstream Media: Daesh (IS) and Assad are The Same Thing – Syria Untold
The self-proclaimed Islamic State (also known as Daesh) has been the center of the media’s attention for quite some time. It has the whole world gripped by fear by its grisly spectacles and medieval executions. However, the gruesome terror of the radical militia seems to obscure an equally ruthless antagonist:…
Razan Zeitouneh’s missing light – Reem Zeitouneh
Ten months have passed and Razan’s email light is still red! It was not easy for me to hear; I did not believe it, and I do not want to believe. Only the idea that Razan disappeared in the Eastern Ghouta area in Duma close to Damascus – at the…
The struggle for Kobane: An example of selective solidarity – Leila Al Shami
The heroic resistance of the people of Kobane in fighting the onslaught of the Daesh (ISIS) fascists since mid-September, has led to a surge of international solidarity. A multitude of articles and statements have been written and protests have been held in cities across the world. Kurds have flooded across…
IS, ISIS or Daesh? Turbulences in the Alphabet Soup – Bente Scheller
ISIS lives off bare bestiality. While their opponents are paralyzed with fear, the work of satirists flourishes. Meanwhile Bashar al-Assad tries to present himself as the lesser evil in Syria. “Daesh – May their ‘glory’ be of short duration” - Syrian intellectual Yassin Al Haj Saleh exclaims in the documentary…
Statement by LCC on airstrikes against ISIS in Syria
On the 23rd of September 2014, the Local Coordination Committees (LCC) published the following statement on Facebook, commenting on the US-led airstrikes on IS(IS) in Syria. They urge not to forget about the origin of the conflict in Syria - that it was exactly the violence perpetrated by the Syrian…
Statement of solidarity with the Syrian revolution – One year after Ghouta
We hereby share a current statement of solidarity with the Syrian Revolution that was initiated by the Syrian Revolution Support Bases. Adopt a Revolution supports this call for solidarity, roughly one year after the fatal chemical attack on Ghouta that took the lives of more than 1,000 Syrians. To sign…
ISIS and Assad: Fear of Disintegration – by Bente Scheller
It seems a nightmare: The centre of the crisis-ridden Middle East is seeing the formation of an Islamic entity which dilutes national borders and could potentially embroil the region in a war of radical militias. However, the West does not fear a reorganisation as much as it fears the impending…
Olive Branch: Education as the Only Guarantee for the Future in Syria – Syria Untold
Olive trees have always been a symbol of Syria. They became associated to the Syrian uprising from its early stage, after demonstrators handed out olive branches and flowers to regime forces sent to repress them. This is what led a small group of activists from Daraa to name their project…
The Festival of Spring: Between Colors and Cultures – Syria Untold
One of the most tangible products of Syria’s revolution has been to break the monopoly of the regime over the country’s culture and to release its many diverse colors from their fifty-years long imprisonment. The second instalment of the Spring Festival in Qamishli brought together a constellation of languages and…