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Trade unions unify in Syria's rebel-held north

A group of opposition-affiliated trade unions in Aleppo’s countryside announce the formation of the Federation of Free Syndicates to enhance the role of syndicates in supporting local councils.
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ALEPPO, Syria — On July 3, a number of opposition-affiliated syndicates in Aleppo’s countryside announced the establishment of the Federation of Free Syndicates at the headquarters of the Free Syndicate of Lawyers in Khan al-Asal in western Aleppo, which is under the control of the Free Syrian Army (FSA).

The federation includes the Free Lawyers Syndicate, the Syrian General Union of Teachers in Aleppo, the Aleppo Free Pharmacists Syndicate, the Association of Free Syrian Engineers, the Syndicate of Economists, the Media Union of Aleppo and its Countryside, as well as the Sharia Council in Aleppo province. All members of these syndicates reside in opposition-controlled areas in the northern and western countryside of Aleppo.

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