Syria's Assad faces major challenge as unrest grows

  • 13 years ago
In the Syrian city of Deraa crowds have set fire to a building housing the local headquarters of the ruling Baath party. They also torched the main courts complex and two phone company branches, one of them, "Syriatel" is owned by President Bashar al-Assad's cousin. The protests have left four people dead and dozens arrested. ... http://www.euronews.net/