Syria protests gain steam, challenging Bashar Assad as he tries to put the civil war behind him


Anti-government protests have been gaining steam in Syria for more than a month, echoing the demonstrations that President Bashar Assad sent his security forces to crack down on in 2011, sending the country into a downward spiral that morphed into a full-scale civil war.
The demonstrations, focused predominantly in the southern city of Suwayda, were initially driven by a…
This story appeared on cbsnews.com, 2023-09-19.