The Syrian revolution and the need to correct the course of political action
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After the start of the Syrian revolution in March 2011, movements began outside Syria of activists and personalities, some of whom were known to oppose the Assad regime, father and son. The goal of these movements was to form a body that reflects the demands of the popular movement, organizes it, and secures a network of communication with states and international actors in an attempt to isolate the regime. Assad internationally and the establishment of an official alternative to him.
The National Council, whose founding was announced in October 2011, was the product of part of these movements, and it is a gathering of several traditional and newly emerging forces, most notably the revolutionary movement, the Damascus Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood movement and the bloc of liberal independents. The revolution and the opposition, as an entity that includes the National Council and other revolutionary forces, such as the Local Coordination Committees and the League of Syrian Scholars.
Is the opposition damaged self?
What distinguishes the movement of the Syrian revolution - in addition to the fact that it is a just movement against a regime that robbed power and monopolized the civil and political space in the state, and distorted the social and legal structure in the country - was that it was made by young people who do not have political or partisan credentials, not even a sufficiently familiar memory of the horrific massacres that it committed. Assad the father, rather it was a movement whose goal was to get rid of the rule of the military and gain freedom, following the example of the rest of the countries of the Arab Spring.
