Tag: Daraa @en

Olive trees have always been a symbol of Syria. They became associated to the Syrian uprising from its early stage, after demonstrators handed out olive branches and flowers to regime forces sent to repress them. This is what led a small group of activists from Daraa to name their project…

When Syrians first rose against the Assad tyranny they believed they could topple the regime while keeping the state intact. What they had not foreseen was that the regime’s concentration of power made it impossible to topple one without the other. Thus, when the regime forces left an area, all…