Local Councils

Local councils started to form in 2012 and 2013 as the Syrian regime was losing control of major parts of the country and there was a dire need to identify a governing body in its place, particularly on the public services and administrative fronts. 

In this episode, we hear from Huda Sirjawy, a member of the legal office at the local council of Maarat Al-Numan for four years, and Eman Hashem, the first female president of the local council of Aleppo.