Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 16, April 13, 2011 After days of protests and violent crack-down by the security forces in the coastal city of Banias, yesterday the women of the town took to the streets. Footage [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 16, April 13, 2011 The website “Syria Leaks” gathers news and footage from social media channels on the uprising in Syria. The website whose name alludes to the famous “Wikileaks” platform, provides [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 16, April 8, 2011 The website “The Daily Best” reports in one of its blogs that the Syrian cyber activist Malath Aumran has been threatened by the authorities. Mike Giglio, a newsweek [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 16, April 3, 2011 The Syrian blogger “Freelancitizen” called upon Syrian authorities to dismiss leading figures of the state media in Syria as well as the “Minister of Desinformation”, Mohsen Bilal. The [...]