Uncommon anti-government protests are taking on Syria’s southern metropolis of Sweida, dwelling to the nation’s Druze minority. 4 weeks in the past, the failing financial system and falling wages introduced protesters onto the streets. Now, they’re calling for regime change greater than a decade after Syria’s rebellion in 2011. Might this new motion in opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unfold? Or will it’s violently extinguished, just like the protests greater than a decade in the past?
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Shadi Abou Karam, political activist and researcher
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