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Majority of Syrian refugees in Europe are running from the Assad regime, not Isis, says survey

First survey of Syrian refugees in Europe to be presented at Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Germany shows most want to return, but not under Assad. A no-fly zone would help more stay. The main cause of Syrians coming to Europe is to flee the violence of the government of Bashar al-Assad,…
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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:…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Regime demands extradition of media activist Qusai Zakarya

Update: Qusai managed to leave Syria after going through interrogations of regime representatives. Latest update by Michael Weiss. We have already reported on the Syrian-Palestinian media activist Qusai Zakarya from Moadamiya, Damascus. He has been an active voice in the "Break the Siege" campaign to raise awareness of the regime's…
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On Hassan Hassan, or the most beautiful place on earth, Yarmouk Camp!

Salim Salameh, 17th December, 2013 A million thanks for the help of Mary Hassan Ali Rizzo in this piece. Whoever tells his story, inherits the land of speech and thus possesses the key to the meaningful. Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian Poet I dedicate this text to Hassan's wife, the one who…
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Why the West is Wrong on Syria – Razan Zeitouneh

On 10 December human rights lawyer and activist Razan Zaitouneh was abducted from the office of the Syrian Human Rights Violations Documentation Center (VDC) in Douma, Damascus. We are appalled by this! Not only are we working closely with her for the past two years, but she also is one…
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LCC-Statement Regarding a Possible Military Strike

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,…