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Against the background of the economic misery and the rejection of the Al-Assad clan, the minority in the south of the country has been demonstrating massively for three weeks. If the regime has not bloodily suppressed the challenge, it is trying to prevent contagion.
The crisis in Syria is leading the country out of the deceptive immobility that has prevailed since Bashar al-Assad’s regime came to power. In the south, a massive popular protest that began three weeks ago continues in the Druze Mountains. In the east, a deadly confrontation between Kurdish forces and Arab tribes left dozens dead under the watchful eye of troops from the Western anti-terror coalition. To the north, Russian and Syrian planes are bombing the Idlib region daily, which remains outside the control of Damascus. And across the country, a severe economic crisis is hitting an impoverished population. There are so many sources and causes of tension that make it difficult to keep the lid on a boiling pot for longer periods of time.
When Loujaine returned from a meeting in Soueida at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, she was full of enthusiasm and described to us on the phone “the great atmosphere tonight at the Place de la Dignité.” As a thirty-year-old doctor, she took part from day one and as much as her work allowed in the demonstrations that have been going on for three weeks in the capital of the Druze Mountains in southeastern Syria. “The number of demonstrators continues to increase. People are no longer afraid. They speak openly, even with their faces uncovered to the media