“This is not about whether we want to drink alcohol; this is about personal freedom,” said Isa Qazah, a 45-year-old sculptor from the area who joined the protest. “We have come here to defend an idea.”
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Crowds of Syrians rallied Sunday to protest authorities’ efforts to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol in Damascus, reflecting rising anxiety in the cosmopolitan capital that Syria’s new Islamist government may threaten long-held secular freedoms.
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