{"id":992,"date":"2011-03-30T12:04:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T16:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/diplomacy\/?p=992"},"modified":"2011-03-30T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T16:04:43","slug":"next-stop-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/journalofdiplomacy\/2011\/03\/next-stop-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Stop Syria?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Unrest in the Arab world is now reaching Syrian streets.\u00a0 Thousands have marched in protest for the past three days in the Southern town of Deraa.\u00a0 Syria has certainly been feeling the pressure of the revolutions sweeping the Arab world and up until now the government has kept tight control of its people.\u00a0 Even children and teenagers are subject to the crackdown.\u00a0 The arrest of 15 schoolchildren was the main impetus for the large protests, and the demands of the people have now grown.\u00a0 The children were arrested for allegedly wrote slogans and other graffiti inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt on the walls of their school.\u00a0 Interestingly, the Syrian government has agreed to release the children.\u00a0 Reuters<\/a> reports that this is one of the only times the Syrian government has shown susceptibility to public pressure. Many protesters called for a revolution to take place at the funerals of two of the protesters.\u00a0 Officials met with leaders in Deraa Saturday where they were presented with a list of demands.\u00a0 In addition to the release of political prisoners, the protesters are now demanding an end to the government\u2019s 48 years of emergency law, dismantling of the secret police headquarters in Deraa, dismissal of the governor, a public trial for those responsible for the killings and scrapping of regulations requiring permission from the secret police to sell and buy property.\u00a0 The Syrian government may have to allow more concessions if it wants to avoid a full-scale revolution.\u00a0 Many in Syria are already suffering from drought and mismanagement of resources, and the government\u2019s inability to address the public\u2019s concerns will only add fuel to the fire.\u00a0 Syria will have to start taking its citizens needs and desires into consideration or face the Arab revolution that is waiting at its doorstep.<\/p>\n

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