{"id":102538,"date":"2023-09-08T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-the-recent-protests-in-syria-tell-us-about-assads-grip-on-power\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:00:43","slug":"what-the-recent-protests-in-syria-tell-us-about-assads-grip-on-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-the-recent-protests-in-syria-tell-us-about-assads-grip-on-power\/","title":{"rendered":"What the recent protests in Syria tell us about Assad&#8217;s grip on power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5ZRlhEhVBKc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What the recent protests in Syria tell us about Assad's grip on power\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ZRlhEhVBKc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In mid-August protests erupted in the government-held Syrian city of Suwayda after Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s embattled government slashed fuel subsidies, driving up the cost of living in a country where the economy was already battered by high inflation and a civil war that has gone on for more than a decade. The protesters are mainly from the Suwayda&#8217;s Druze community, a religious minority group which has remained neutral for much of Syria&#8217;s civil war but has begun demanding the ousting of Assad at a time when he has enjoyed renewed diplomatic support in the Middle East after recapturing much of Syria. <\/p>\n<p>Asmaa Al Osman, a journalist based in Istanbul, says that these protests show that despite Assad&#8217;s international rehabilitation and his claims that he has emerged the victor from the decade-long conflict, it is far from over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-August protests erupted in the government-held Syrian city of Suwayda after Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s embattled government slashed fuel subsidies, driving up the cost of living in a country where the economy was already battered by high inflation and a civil war that has gone on for more than a decade. 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