Rare anti-government protest turns deadly in Syria’s Sweida city - Al Jazeera English

At least two people have been killed, including a policeman, when protesters in the southern Syrian city of Sweida stormed a provincial government building in a rare anti-government protest over rising prices and other economic hardships.

The activist media collective Suwayda 24 and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, confirmed the two deaths on Sunday and said four people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds in the Druze-majority city.

The Syrian interior minister said in a statement that the people who raided the building were armed and destroyed furniture, smashed windows and looted files.

In February, hundreds of people protested in Sweida to demand better living conditions and democratic rule, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at the time.