Michel Kilo

Michel Kilo (; 1940 – 19 April 2021) was a Syrian writer and human rights activist, who has been called "one of Syria's leading opposition thinkers."

Career Kilo was born to a Christian family in the Syrian Mediterranean coastal city and province of Latakia in 1940. His family were members of the Syrian Communist Party

He studied journalism in Egypt and Germany. He has translated many political and economics books from German to English. As a columnist he wrote opinion pieces for two Arabic papers, the Lebanese daily Annahar and the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi. In 2011 he wrote several articles about the Syrian uprising for the As-Safir Lebanese daily newspaper.

Troubles with the government Kilo was first arrested by the government in the early 1980s,

In May 2013, Kilo declined to become a member of the Syrian National Coalition after his group was offered only 5 seats on the said coalition.

Criticizing Kurdish federalism project in Syria Michel Kilo told Madar Daily in April 2016 that the Kurdish Democratic Union Party’s project for federalism is a project to divide Syria. "We refuse it, even when the US support it and there is no historical proof for the existence of a Kurdistan region in Syria. This isn’t a second Israel, they cannot snatch a Kurdistan from Syria, if they try to divide Syria, we will break their backs." These remarks were across political camps in Syrian-Kurdish society rejected as both racist and denying the reality of the Federation of Northern Syria - Rojava.