Druze Unitarian Community in Lebanon expresses solidarity with Syria’s Suwayda
SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – On Saturday, the Akl Sheikhdom of the Druze Unitarian Community in Lebanon announced on its official page the solidarity with the popular movement in Syria’s southern governorate of Suwayda.
“We express our solidarity with the people of Suwayda city in Jabal al-Arab in their popular movement against the general economic, living and social conditions that threaten their decent living and their right to peacefully demand of food and basics to face the brunt of the various current crises,” said Sheikh Akl of the Druze sect, Sami Abi al-Muna.
Abi Al-Muna called on all the Druz Unitarian Community in Jabal al-Arab to deal wisely and steadfastly with the status quo and unify their position.
He stressed the need to stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of all difficulties to overcome the current delicate stage in the area of Jabal al-Arab and the region.
Abi al-Muna delivered his hope for the return of security and safety to the area, which made many sacrifices in order to preserve dignity and achieve justice and equality.
For his part, Sheikh Moafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria, called for mobilizing world opinion and raising the issue of Suwayda through international forums in order to ensure the return of security and safety to residents of the region in general.
On Friday, organizers of the public demonstration in Suwayda released a statement announcing suspension of the protests temporarily and fixing a time limit for the government to meet the people’s demands.
The suspension decision came by instructions of the Druze community spiritual leader in order to meet the people’s demands within the state of law and institutions not the state of “corruption”.
For a week, residents of Suwayda have been staging peaceful protests and blocking routes in the eastern and western villages, against deteriorating livelihood conditions following the government decision to lift the subsidy for thousands of families.