Syria: Protests in Deraa, Damascus, Hama and Homs
Found on BBC News on Thursday, 24 March 2011
In Tall, witnesses quoted by the Reuters news agency said about 1,000 people had rallied to show their support for the Deraa protesters, and were chanting slogans denouncing members of the ruling Assad family.
Presidential spokeswoman Bouthaina Shaaban blamed outside agitators for whipping up trouble, and denied that the government had ordered security forces to open fire on protesters.
Now that civilians have overthrown their governments in quite a few countries, more and more realize that it's about time to do the same in their country. Hopefully Iraq, North Korea and China will follow.