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Will Syria’s Assad resort to violence as Suwayda protests grow?

No longer neutral, Suwayda province's Druze minority now demand the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.

A man snaps a picture of a red rose raised by a protester.
A man snaps a picture of a red rose raised by a protester during a demonstration in Syria's rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on Aug. 25, 2023, in support of anti-government protests in the regime-controlled southern city of Suwayda. — ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty Images

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