Witness History: Witness Archive 2016 - The Arab Spring and Syria

In the early months of 2011 demonstrators took to the streets across the Arab world. We go back to some of the first protests to take place in Syria. The roots of the country's bitter civil war lie in the government crackdowns that followed. Hear from one Syrian who was there.

(Photo: Anti-government activists on the streets of Daraa in Syria in March 2011. Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images)

Published on Tuesday, 9th February 2016.

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