Protests continue in Syrian government territory

Anti-government protests continued throughout Syria on Tuesday, further challenging President Bashar al-Assad’s rule amid a worsening economic crisis.

Hundreds of people demonstrated in the southern city of Suwayda and the surrounding areas for the third day in a row against poor living conditions in Syria. The crowd also called for Assad’s downfall, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Videos on social media showed large crowds chanting the Arab Spring slogan "the people want the fall of the regime."

The observatory also reported on Tuesday that anti-government leaflets were distributed in Ad Dumayr, northeast of Damascus. The leaflets called on Syrians to “rise up against injustice” and expressed a desire for unity among Syrians of different religious sects.