REPORTAGE – After the fall of the Assad regime, civil society mobilized to make its demands heard, including the establishment of the rule of law.
At the top of his lungs, Safa al-Set chants the slogan that one of his friends has just launched. “ We want democracy, not a religious state. » The sculptor who lives in the Bab Touma district, in the center of Damascus, wanted to take part in the demonstration organized this Thursday, December 19 at Umayyad Square, in order to demand the establishment of a democratic regime. A broad smile lights up the face of the fifty-year-old. Ten days have passed since the rebels of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTC) group came to power. With the other demonstrators, she wants to show the new leaders that civil society continues to mobilize. She hopes her cries will reach the floors of the Sheraton located a few steps away, where many representatives of the rebel group have taken up residence.
She energetically brandished a sign bearing the inscription “ democracy, secularity “. Her long brown hair falls over her neckline, which a white blouse…
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