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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…
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…
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…
A Statement from the Family of Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Razan Zeitouneh
December 15, 2013 In the Name of God It's been six days since our daughter, Razan Zeitouneh, her husband; activist Wael Hamada, activist Samira Khalil and activist Nazim Hamadi were abducted. For six days we have been going through what so many other Syrians have already experienced: the bitterness and…
Opposition Activists in Damascus Give Views on Peaceful Solution
(Damascus, Syria) – Negotiations around the Geneva II conference, which aims to bring the Syrian opposition and the regime into dialogue, have reached a critical stage: the decision on whether the conference will be held and under what conditions will be made soon. Reports indicate that the West is increasing…
About Being “Different” in Revolutionary Aleppo – Marcell Shehwaro
After a month and a half of living in the liberated areas, I would like to talk a little about my personal experience with a specific thing: how I experienced being “different” [secular, unconservative... etc] from the environment of the liberated areas. I’m a distinct person due to my body,…
Daraa: Building a New Syrian State
When Syrians first rose against the Assad tyranny they believed they could topple the regime while keeping the state intact. What they had not foreseen was that the regime’s concentration of power made it impossible to topple one without the other. Thus, when the regime forces left an area, all…