Dozens protest deteriorating economic conditions in Syria’s As-Suwayda

A file photo of demonstrators rallying to protest deteriorating living conditions in front of the Suwaida governorate building in the eponymous southern Syrian city, on December 4, 2022. (AFP)

Dozens protested in the southwestern Syrian city of As-Suwayda on Sunday "the deteriorating economic conditions", the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. 

Government offices, main roads and shops were closed in the city as citzens from villages and towns gathered, calling for change. 

Exams that were scheduled for Sunday at the Damascus University branch in As-Suwayda have been be postponed for later date due to the civil unrest. 

Protests have sweapt As-Suwayda and Daraa with demonstrations calling for the departure of the head of the Syrian regime, and forthe improvement of economic conditions, the report said.