Picture from Sweida, 22 August. AP
Unusually harsh words against al-Assad in Syrian protests
Protests have broken out in regime-controlled parts of Syria following a decision to scrap fuel subsidies, the BBC reports. Residents of the war-torn country have taken to the streets in a way not seen since the Arab Spring of 2011.
In the city of Sweida, among other things, a large banner of the hard-line president and dictator Bashar al-Assad has been set on fire. The message "down with Assad" should also have been displayed. According to the BBC, it is not the first time protests have been organized in the city in the past twelve years, but not with that kind of message.
In addition to the civil war, there is hyperinflation and the Syrian pound has almost collapsed.
Picture from Sweida, 22 August. AP
Great anger at the president: "Exercising economic pressure"
The demonstrators in the Syrian regime-controlled town of Sweida are protesting as a result of a crippled economy, corruption and the "state of chaos" that prevails in the war-torn country. That is what 25-year-old Jameel tells Al-Jazeera.
The protester Mohammed believes that President Bashar al-Assad exerts "economic pressure on people", sells out the country's resources to Russia and "enables Iranian influence".
Protests have broken out in several places after the government scrapped fuel subsidies. It happens at the same time that the inhabitants, in addition to civil war, experience hyperinflation.
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