Popular Protests in Jaramana Against Security Agreement Breach
The breach of agreements with Druze community sheikhs represents a continuation of a centralized approach that ignores the specificity of regions and their right to manage their internal affairs
April 3, 2025, 10:51 pm

Popular Protests in Jaramana Against Security Agreement Breach

احتجاجات في جرمانا

Popular protests against Syria's interim transitional president Ahmad Al-Sharaa have begun in the city of Jaramana in the Damascus countryside, during which protesters raised slogans calling for the fall of the regime.

These demonstrations showed the extent of local residents' dissatisfaction with security practices that exceed local understandings, highlighting the necessity of adopting a decentralized governance system that respects the specificity of each region.

Local sources reported that the protests were motivated by security agencies' violation of the agreement between them and the leaders of the Druze community in the city, which prohibits the presence of security personnel from outside the Druze community within the city limits.

This breach reflects the continuation of the centralized governance approach that was applied by the previous regime, which led to ignoring the rights of community components and their cultural and social specificities.

These developments indicate a growing popular awareness of the importance of adopting a constitution that guarantees the rights of all Syrians and prevents the recurrence of the disadvantages of centralized rule that placed the country's resources in the hands of a limited group.

These protests come in the context of increasing popular demands for radical reforms that ensure fair representation for all Syrian components and prevent the return of a totalitarian regime that suppresses citizens and confiscates their freedoms.

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