Hundreds of Syrians in Sweida gathered in the streets to protest deteriorating economic conditions and demand the departure of President Bashar al Assad.
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Prominent formerly pro-government Druze religious leaders met on Thursday for the first time since the protests erupted, acknowledging the right to protest peacefully against government policies, but refrained from endorsing the widespread calls for Assad to step down. Protesters, who on Wednesday burnt a huge poster of Assad that hung in the main square, chanted"Go, go, Assad. We want to eat." Same chants could be heard at the start of pro-democracy protests in 2011 that were violently crushed by security forces and sparked a violent, an over-decade long conflict.Security sources said the authorities in Damascus have been careful to avoid any escalation in Sweida.
Syria is in the throes of a deep economic crisis that saw its currency collapse, leading to soaring prices for food and basic supplies and whichProtests have hit the city of Druze in Syria for the fifth day due to increases in gasoline prices last week.
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