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In Syria’s largely agricultural and remote Suweida province, rumblings of discontent have broken out into protest. Demonstrations in the province erupted again last week over the regime’s decision to end subsidies for hundreds of thousands of families, creating further hardship on middle-income and other families who have been pushed deep into poverty. The main road from Damascus to Suweida was blocked by protesters calling for better economic conditions and more daringly, the implementation of UNSC Resolution 2254, which would lead to free elections in Syria. Such defiance is usually dealt wi…