ALEPPO, Syria — A group of journalists and activists has launched the General Media Institution in the opposition-controlled Syrian province of Idlib, with the aim of communicating opposition news, providing some functions of a trade union, and helping to protect, educate and train journalists.
About 80 activists and media figures attended the founding meeting May 6, stressing that the institution's major objectives are to help consolidate and coordinate media work in the province and create a revolutionary media platform capable of bringing together most of the media and concerned activists there.