From Activist to Activist – a series of online talks on the Syrian Revolution
A year and a half has passed since the uprising in Syria began. Time to look back and reflect about what has happened so...
Cold Mountain: Where a swift death is a privilege
By Razan Zeitouneh We worked together for several months. We got angry with one another, and then made up and laughed together. We swapped news,...
Revolutionary pacifism under fire
Since the first day of the revolution, demonstrators’ chants have called for pacifism as a means to topple the regime, despite attempts by the...
Conference Brings Together Syrian Activists
Istanbul event aimed at coordinating anti-regime response Unable to meet in Syria, 200 young people rallied around the Syrian flag in Istanbul. The consensus...
Life in a Kurdish-Held Town
If you walk around the town of Kobani, you will see the flags of Kurdistan, the Democratic Union Party, and the Syrian revolution. The...
Female Activists at Syrian Centre for Media Speak Out
The Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCMFE, is a non-governmental organisation that aims to defend the freedom of belief and expression,...
Stripping the president of his legitimacy
Once intimidating, images of President Bashar al-Assad are now trampled on and burned. One of the young men pointed at the green rubbish bin,...
Breaking News from Homs, July 19
Activists report very heavy firing by security forces and with the support of the army in Khaldiah, Bayadah, Masaken “Teacher housing”, Baba Amr, Inshaat,...
Syrian Refugees Head for Iraqi Kurdistan
Muhieddine Isso The Dumez refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan is located on arid land with no trees in sight, ten kilometres from the city of...
Freedom of the Press Shall Survive Mazen Darwish’s Arrest
Mazen Dawrish, along with the other detainees from the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCMFE, has recently completed 60 days in...
The Kurdish Role in the Syrian Revolution
Ethnic minority increasingly entering into protest movement The Syrian popular revolution, right from its beginning, encompassed all segments of Syrian society. The country’s Kurdish...
Syrian Opposition Conference Leads to Key Demands
Event seen as achievement, although hopes for progress remain slim Three months after the outbreak of the revolution against the regime in Syria, the...
Torture In Syria Increasingly Brutal
Saeed participated in the earliest of the anti-regime protests in Damascus last year. He was among the first activists to start mobilising city residents...
Will the Syrian revolution opt for a civic or Islamic state?
As a result of the repeated attempts to dress the Syrian revolution up with the turban of Islamism and hurl it into a sectarian...
Reform Proposal Fails to Convince Kurds
Lawyers and activists say that draft law will only shore up power of the Baath party Syrian president Bashar al-Assad promised a number of...
Witnessing the Regime’s Brutality
As students get ready to sit for their final college exams, protests are sweeping the country. Ahmad, a civil engineering senior student, just like...
