A file photo showing workers installing a statue of Syria’s former president Hafez al-Assad at the University of Damascus. (AP)
Syrian opposition activists say dozens of people have demonstrated in the southern city of Daraa to protest the construction of a statue of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.
The late al-Assad is the father of President Bashar al-Assad whose forces have made major gains over the past few years in the war with backing from his strong allies, Russia and Iran.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the protest occurred in Daraa’s center with protesters chanting “Long live Syria” and “Down with Bashar Assad.”
Other opposition activist collectives including Sham Network reported the protest.
