Weeks of demonstrations in southern Syria in opposition to rising prices have escalated into rallies in opposition to President Bashar al Assad.
The protests are happening in As-Suwayda, a government-held governorate that’s residence to the minority Druze neighborhood.
Why is a sect that has stayed impartial within the 12-year battle now calling for the president to step down?
And the way will a authorities recognized for its brutal crackdown on dissent react?
Presenter: Imran Khan
Visitors:
Mouaz Moustafa, Government Director of Syrian Emergency Process Pressure, a non-profit that focuses on political advocacy, civil governance and humanitarian assist for Syrians
Joshua Landis, Director of the Middle for Center East Research at Oklahoma College
Steven Heydemann, Professor and Center East Research Program Director at Smith Faculty
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