Syria's Assad's ruling party shut by protests in rebellious Druze city

FILE PHOTO: People walk near a poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi

AMMAN (Reuters) - Protesters demanding an end to authoritarian rule shut the ruling Baath party headquarters in the southwestern Syrian Druze city of Sweida as protests which entered their second week showed no signs of abating, civic activists and witnesses said.

Youths with welding machines sealed the gates of the building of the party led by President Bashar al Assad,‮ ‬which has been in power since a 1963 coup.