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ʿAbdussalam ʿUthman: The first coordinating group that was established was called the Coordination of Youth Resistance. On April 1, 2011, it organized the first demonstration in al‑Qamishli. We began the demonstration in front of the Qasimo mosque and demanded freedom for all the people of Syria. Two weeks later, the Alliance of the Movement of Young Kurds was founded. At this time, there was also a group that called itself Youth of Jazirah, and it, too, wanted to join the revolution. Three weeks later, the alliance split. The splinter group called itself the Alliance of Sewa Youth. Later there was a meeting—all of the coordinating groups were to work together under one roof—and a decision was made to found the General Council of the Kurdish Youth Movements. The Youth Resistance, the Alliance of the Movement of Young Kurds, the Alliance of Sewa Youth, and the Youth of Jazirah were all represented in this council. Unfortunately, this association also broke down. The Sewa Youth and the Alliance of the Movement of Young Kurds left the group. In the meantime, many coordinating groups were established in the other Kurdish regions as well, and so we sent activists to al‑Malikiyah, Ras al‑ʿAyn, ʿAyn al‑ʿArab, ʿAfrin, Aleppo, ar‑Raqqa, and Tall Abyad, and on July 7, 2011, the Union of the Cooperation of Kurdish Youth in Syria was founded.
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