Eleven years have passed since the March 15 popular uprising in 2011, when a group of primary school students in Syria’s southern city of Daraa wrote “Next it’s your turn, doctor!” on their school building wall, referring to President Bashar al-Assad.
The Assad regime, which declared the civilians who wanted a change of power through peaceful demonstrations as “terrorists,” mobilized its soldiers and security forces to suppress the protests.
This move of the regime led to peaceful public demonstrations turning into a civil war. Armed clashes began in 2012 between the Assad regime forces and the military opposition groups gathered under the name of the Free Syrian Army.
