The Damascus Bureau

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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 during their four days of meetings was that the Syrian regime had betrayed its people when it decided to fire the first bullet at protestors. Unlike other opposition conferences held earlier [...]

Children Defy Dictatorship

Syria’s youth revolution will not be deterred by regime oppression So much has been said about the role of Facebook and Twitter and various social networking websites in support of the Arab revolutions from Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Syria and Egypt. But it is also vital to note the role of the young and youth leaders [...]

Economy Key in Syria Uprising

Consequences of current instability on employment, job market and inflation cannot be underestimated Syria’s political situation has inevitably affected its economy. The market is far from encouraging for workers and the economic situation is instable. As Syrian officials’ sonorous statements continue, depicting the regime and its leader as the tender father who solves many problems, [...]

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 leaders of the opposition held their first conference to discuss the best ways to emerge from this crisis and move towards a democratic system. The opposition held their first conference in [...]

Tension running high at Syrian-Turkish Border

Along the Syrian-Turkish border The situation at the Syrian-Turkish border is deteriorating. A massive military presence on the Syrian side causes tension and new waves of refugees heading to Turkey. Activists gathered footage as documentation for the human rights violations in the past few days. 1- June, 21st, 2011 || Hama || The funeral of [...]

Documentation of Human Rights violation in Syria

According to witnesses, this 6-year-old boy from Hama was shot by security forces and died in Horani hospital. A group of activists has gathered the videos below as evidence of recent human rights violations across Syria. 1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YGQUT2-Ob8&feature=uploademail June, 21st, 2011 || Hama || Yasser Abd Algani Shakra was shot to death by the security [...]

A map of Syria on Azadi Friday

The map shows the location of protests around Syria on Friday, May 20, dubbed “Azadi Friday”. Azadi means Freedom in Kurdish. The map also includes (preliminary) figures of protesters killed in the different towns (the actual number has been confirmed to be much higher) and the use of tanks and live ammunition. The information was [...]

A beacon for Syria

Activist tells her story of assault by security forces on demonstration in Homs Milia stayed out all night protesting. That night, people were chanting in the new clock square, the one that protesters had dubbed “The liberation square of the governorate of Homs”. Milia’s house is on Hamidia Street, right behind the Khaled Ben Walid [...]

Starvation strategy? Daraa under siege

Pictures from Nawa in Dara which has been under siege by the military and security forces for 5 days now. Human rights activists report that eeople are running out of food and water and don´t have milk for their children.

Syrian activists set up news services on Facebook

SMN No. 17, April 26, 2011 Two new Facebook pages provide news updates in English about the Syrian uprising.The page “Monitoring Protests in Syria” defines itself as “an online page for monitoring human rights violations during the protests in Syria”, and connects itself to the page of the American organization “Human Rights Watch”. [...]

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