Hundreds of angry protesters in southern Syrian have destroyed the statue of the country's late president as they marked the 2015 assassination of a prominent anti-government Druze leader.
In this photo released by Suwayda24, people hold placards during a protest in the southern city of Sweida, Syria, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. The protests in the Druze-majority city have been ongoing for more then two weeks, initially driven by surging inflation and the war-torn country’s spiraling economy but later widening to calls for the fall of the Assad government.
The protests in the Druze-majority city have been ongoing for more then two weeks, initially driven by surging inflation and the war-torn country’s spiraling economy but later widening to calls for the fall of the Assad government. In this photo released by Suwayda24, people hold placards during a protest in the southern city of Sweida, Syria, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023.
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