Two days in row, mass demo in Al-Suwaidaa against Damascus government

The protesters raised slogans demanding enforcing the UN Resolution No. 2254 stipulating for a political transfer of power in Syria,Amid closure of the main roads with burning tires.

7 February, 2022 11:50

NEWS DESK

For the second consecutive day, Al-Suwaidaa province has witnessed anti-Damascus government broad protests.

SOHR has reported seeing hundreds of people gathering in Al-Sair square in Al-Suwaidaa downtown lifting placards with slogans written on them, condemning the Syrian government policies that have worsened living conditions across the country.

" Dozens of people have blocked Shaqa-Shahba road in north-east Al-Suwaidaa countryside with burning cars tires that coincided with blocking Damascus- Al-Suwaidaa, Namera-Shaba, and Magadel-Shahba roads," SOHR added.

"The residents of Namerah, Shaqa and Majadel villages in Al-Suwaidaa countryside have started, since the early hours of Monday, blocking main roads between their villages and Al-Suwiadaa city.

Meanwhile, activists had called for other protests in downtown the city similar to yesterday demonstrations against the regime government decisions of lifting subsidy on nearly 600,000 ration cards amid the worsening living conditions," according to SOHR .

The security forces had been deployed in the surrounding areas of the headquarters of Al-Suwaidaa governorate, while snipers had been deploying on the roofs of governmental institutions in the city. This coincided with the escalating protests in the city and the participation of scores of residents, where the protestors called for the toppling of the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar Al-Assad.

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