les". She promised an immediate investigation into the bloody events there, just hours after Assad had dismissed the governor of the southern city, Faisal Kalthoum, from his duties to appease the town's residents. In addition to taking immediate action on Daraa, Shaaban promised a 30% salary increase for gove

treets to protest the killings of several youths there. Deraa is a tribal city, and the clans united in their anger against the provincial governor, Faisal Kalthoum, and his chief of security. Security forces opened fire on the demonstrators and some were killed. The protests then began to spread, most dangerou