What Happened to Syria?

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Hamza's family lost sight of him when security forces opened fire on the crowd of protestors, causing a stampede of people fleeing for their lives. Hamza was among 51 protestors in al-Jiza who were detained by the Air Force Intelligence Directorate on 29 April, 2011.

Among the tens of thousands of Syrians who protested were a thirteen-year-old boy named Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, who demonstrated in village near Daraa with this family criticizing the government and condemning the ongoing siege.

More than a month of protests and open, broad daylight brutality in the streets against the protestors by the regime saw an evolution in the rhetoric, shifting from calls for reform to open denunciations of Assad and calls for a new government to be formed.

thus far, shouted their rage at a totalitarian dictatorship and showed solidarity with the people of Daraa. This day saw some of the earliest documented cases of Syrians chanting, "The people want the downfall of the regime!"

15 years ago, a "Day of Rage" saw protests break out all over Syria in solidarity with Daraa, which was put under a brutal siege by the Assad regime on 25 April. Even the Maidan district in Damascus saw protests for the first time as the largest gathering of protestors...

The flag currently used by the new Syrian government became increasingly used by anti-Assad protestors as the government's abuses and crimes against humanity made it clear that reform from within was impossible. The regime needed to be overthrown.

At that time, it was still common to see anti-Assad regime protestors using the flag we now associate with the Ba'athist era. This was intended by protestors to show that their loyalty was to Syria even while criticizing its government.

and Homs. Security forces once again opened fire on protestors, resulting in the bloodiest day thus far seen in Syria since March 2011. This record would be broken week after week and month after month as anti-regime protests grew in size throughout the following year.

On this day in 2011, called "The Great Friday," by organizers, major protests were held in Damascus for the first time since the start of the Syrian Revolution. Protests were seen throughout the entire country, with especially large turnout in Daraa, Baniyas, Qamishli...