The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (Arabic: لجان التنسيق المحلية في سوريا, romanized: Lijān al-Tansīq al-Maḥallīyah fī Sūriyā; LCCSyria[3] or LCCs[4]) were a network of local groups that organise and report on protests as part of the Syrian uprising.
[1] Prior to the uprising, Syrian activists had brought in mobile telephones, satellite modems and computers in anticipation of Arab Spring protests developing in Syria.
[1] 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.
[2] The network's text and photographic reports of injuries and deaths of protestors have been used by CNN,[5] Al Jazeera English,[15] The Guardian[16] and The Washington Post.
[4] On 1 February 2012, LCCSyria criticised the international and Arab community as having been "unable to take any decision that contributes to stopping the cycle of violence in Syria".
[2] Civil disobedience methods used by the network include nightly protests in Hama and refusal to pay water, electricity and telephone bills in the Duma suburb of Damascus.