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There was a time, not too long ago, when a young woman headed one of the largest networks of Syrian activists working against the Assad regime. She had blue eyes and uncovered blond hair; she spoke English and held a degree in law; and she was a staunch secularist. But…

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…

The activists' network of Local Coordination Committees published a statement regarding a possible military strike against the Assad regime. We are documenting the their statement to give Syrian opposition a voice. The Syrian people have never welcomed a foreign military intervention in any country, but as it faced the oppression,…

In their latest joint statement the networks of committees, the backbones of the unarmed revolutionary movenment in Syria, heavily critisize exile opposition bodies. We document the statement, being issued as a "final warning" by the revolutionary movement to the National Coalition. In case the Coalition will not improve its representation…

Friday saw the second anniversiary of the Syrian Revolution. In the following we document a statement by our partner, the Network of Local Coordination Committees, that is still organising and supporting civil, unarmed resistance against the dictatorship of Bashar al Assad. Unified Message from the Local Coordination Committees in Syria…

On occasion of the series of explosions and shellings in Damascus on Thursday, 21 February 2013, we document two press releases by opposition bodies. The first is of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces (Syrian Coalition, SC), that condemns "these heinous crimes [of the Assad regime] that…