Local Coordination Committees
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| Abbreviation | LCC |
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| Formation | March 2011 |
| Purpose | Opposition to Ba'athist Syria |
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Region served
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Syria |
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Membership
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100–200 (June 2011) |
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Official language
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Arabic |
| Leader | Razan Zaitouneh |
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Parent organization
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Syrian opposition |
| Website | lccsyria |
| Remarks | Promotes civil disobedience, media campaigns |
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (Arabic: لجان التنسيق المحلية في سوريا: LCCSyria or LCCs) are a network of local groups that organise and report on protests as part of the Syrian uprising. In June 2011, the network was described by The New York Times as beginning to "emerge as a pivotal force" in Syria. As of August 2011[update], the network supported civil disobedience and opposed local armed resistance and international military intervention as methods of opposing the Syrian government.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria started in March 2011 from local groups that published reports about protests during the Syrian uprising and developed into a national network involved in journalism about protests and the protests themselves. The groups had developed from informal networks of friends and colleagues involved in dissidence that had existed for many years. Prior to the uprising, Syrian activists had brought in mobile telephones, satellite modems and computers in anticipation of Arab Spring protests developing in Syria. In June 2011, The New York Times described the network as beginning to "emerge as a pivotal force" in Syrian politics, "earning the respect of more recognized, but long divided dissidents."
The LCCSyria network consists of "overwhelmingly young" demonstrators of multiple religious and class backgrounds. The network is decentralized and works in secret. The first of the committees was created in the Daraya suburb of Damascus. As of June 2011[update], the most active committee was in Homs. As of June 2011[update], the network had 35 individual leaders, who tried to communicate daily. As of February 2012[update], the network had 14 local committees, one each in Daraa, Homs, Baniyas, Saraqeb, Idlib, al-Hasakah, Qamishli, Deir ez-Zor, the Syrian coast, Hama, Raqqa, as-Suwayda', Damascus and the Damascus suburbs.
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