​​​​​​​Panorama of week: Living crisis worsens in areas of Damascus government, uprising of women begins in Iran

 During the past week, the Arab newspapers reported on the worsening living crisis in the areas of the Damascus government and the protests in As-Suwayda, in addition to the demonstrations in Iran.

 Living protests in As-Suwayda...the regime is repeating its promises

 The beginning of the Syrian issue, and in this context, Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper said: "Dozens of protesters in As-Suwayda Governorate blocked the Damascus-Suwayda road, near the town of Hazm in the northern countryside of As-Suwayda, and the main axial road in the center of As-Suwayda city, with burning tires, in protest against the  the deterioration of public services, while calm returned to the town of Mazraa after a dispute with clans in the area and the arrest of two of its sons.

The latest protests erupted on Monday morning, and Hamza (a nickname), a young man from the village of Hazm who participated in the recent protests, told Asharq Al-Awsat that what prompted the protesters to block the main roads was their anger at the poor economic and security conditions. He sent a message to the responsible authorities after appealed several times to the need to improve public services, including water, electricity, telephone, roads, fuel, health and education networks in As-Suwayda.

 He added, that the role of the authority and the government in all countries of the world is to bear and care for citizens, but in Syria, they were left with no choice but to resort to the street, after peaceful civilized protests because the people felt that the Syrian government had abandoned its responsibilities towards the citizens, and the people could no longer bear the negligence amid the burdens and requirements of life.  The increasing living conditions, and the high prices that swept all aspects of life, and confirmed, that the Syrian regime forces have not yet intervened in the protests, but local members of the National Defense Forces attended on Monday and put out the burning tires in which the protesters crossed the central road in the center of the city of As-Suwayda to open the road.  The protesters made promises and calls from social figures in As-Suwayda and at the governorate level, to calm down and meet their needs in a short time.

Protests spread in Iran

 Regarding Iran, Al-Arab newspaper said: "Thousands of people took to the streets in Iran again on Wednesday to protest the killing of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police for not conforming to the standards of women's clothing in Iran."

 At least six people have been killed during protests across the country, according to Iranian media, including a policeman and five protesters.

 The Iranian Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, reported on Wednesday that four policemen were injured and one killed during protests in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Tuesday night.

 The governor of the Kurdistan region in Iran announced the killing of three people during the protests on Tuesday, and in the city of Kermanshah in central Iran, two people died in “suspicious” circumstances. In both cases, the authorities said that the security forces had nothing to do with the killings.

 Thousands in Iran are protesting the killing of Amini, who was arrested by police on September 13 because of her "un-Islamic" appearance and taken to a police station. Police say she was suffering from heart problems and later died.

 After her death, the hospital where she was being treated said in an Instagram post, which was later deleted, that Amini was already brain dead when she was admitted to the hospital.

 The death of Amini, 22, sparked outrage over issues including freedoms in the Islamic Republic and an economy struggling under the weight of sanctions.

 The protests began on Saturday during Amini's funeral in the Kurdistan region of Iran, and are still continuing in most parts of the country, sparking confrontations as security forces sought to suppress the demonstrations.

 Women are participating heavily in the protests, and many of them wave their headscarves, burn them or cut their hair in public.

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