A candlelight march commemorates the victims of the first massacre in Daraa in 2011

Dozens of citizens in Daraa province participated in a candlelight march on Sunday evening in memory of the victims of the first massacre committed by the ousted regime in the province in 2011.

Daraa announced via its official Telegram channel: “A candlelight march in memory of the martyrs of Bloody Wednesday,” stressing that the event was held to honor the souls of the martyrs who were killed by regime bullets at the Daraa gate on March 23, 2011, in what became known as the “Omari sit-in dispersal massacre and the Faza’at al-Rif massacre.”

Photos published by the province showed the participation of dozens of citizens, carrying candles in honor of the victims of the massacre. Daraa is considered the “cradle of the revolution” against the Bashar al-Assad regime, where the spark of popular protests in March 2011 erupted.
Hanan Shammout