Syrians in Daraa protest against Assad

Syrians in Daraa took to the streets on Sunday (March 10) to protest against the Assad regime's militias, eyewitnesses told Orient before videos were posted online.

The protest came after the Assad regime's militiamen were preparing to build a new statue for Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, in the city, calling locals to to take to the streets to show allegiance to the Assad dictatorship.

People in Daraa took to the streets and chanted anti-Assad slogans to prove their rejection to the idea of building the Assad statue, a local told Orient on condition of anonymity.

Daraa is the cradle of the Syrian revolution which broke out against the Assad regime on March 15, 2011.