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One year into Suwayda’s uprising: Challenges and unfulfilled demands

By Nour al-Nashit, Balqis al-Halabi, Aslan Ezzeddin, (Sawtna Training Program)|2024-09-11T14:44:10+02:00August 22, 2024|

One year into Suwayda’s anti-regime uprising, protesters remain committed to their political demands, none of which have been achieved so far. But as the number of people coming out to demonstrate declines, activists wonder about its future.

Suwayda protesters resolute despite regime military reinforcements

Suwayda’s protest movement—marked by a prominent role for women and an insistence on nonviolence—is holding strong nearly 10 months in, despite Damascus deploying military reinforcements and appointing a man accused of war crimes as governor of the southern province.