In war-torn Syria, uprising birthplace seethes 10 years on | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
Sarah El Deeb And Bassem Mroue FILE - In this March 21, 2011, file photo, a Syrian soldier steps out of the burned courthouse that was set on fire by anti-government protesters in the southern city of Daraa, Syria. In March 2011, Daraa became the first city to explode against the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) March 17, 2021 - 6:26 AM BEIRUT - Daraa was an impoverished, neglected provincial city in the farmlands of Syriaâs south, an overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim backwater far from the more cosmopolitan cities of the country...