Anti-Assad slogans written on walls in Daraa countryside

“The Syrian people want to overthrow the Assad regime,” and “the Syrian people want to overthrow the Baath party,” the graffiti slogans read on the walls of public buildings.

On Sunday, Syrians in Daraa took to the streets to protest against the Assad regime's militias 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 take to the streets to show allegiance to the Assad dictatorship.

"Syria is ours, not for Assad family," protesters chanted as Assad militias closed off the area to stop residents from other parts of the city joining the demonstration.

Daraa demonstrators carried a placard reading: "It will fall. Your statue is from the past, it's not welcome here."

The Syrian revolution broke out in 2011 when children wrote on their school walls anti-Assad regime slogans.