Local Coordination Committees of Syria

Local Coordination Committees of Syria
لجان التنسيق المحلية في سوريا
AbbreviationLCC
FormationMarch 2011 (2011-03)
PurposeOpposition to Ba'athist Syria
Region served
Syria
Membership100–200 (June 2011)
Official language
Arabic
Key person
Razan Zaitouneh
Key person
Awad ALOYEED
Parent organization
Syrian opposition
Websitelccsyria.org
RemarksPromotes civil disobedience, media campaigns

The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (Arabic: لجان التنسيق المحلية في سوريا, romanized: Lijān al-Tansīq al-Maḥallīyah fī Sūriyā; LCCSyria or LCCs) were 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, the network supported civil disobedience and opposed local armed resistance and international military intervention as methods of opposing the Syrian government.