Interactive Map: Syria’s Uprising   The mass protests, which
began in the rural farming town of Dara’a in mid-March, have
since spread to more heavily populated cities like Homs and
Hama, where the regime has responded with brutal military
assaults. The UN estimates that at least 3,500 civilians have
been killed.  Despite the protests’ growing reach, Syria’s two
biggest cities, Damascus and Aleppo, remain relatively quiet in
comparison with the centers of the uprising, an indicator that
the battle could be long and slow.  Click on a blue city on the
map below to learn more about how the uprising is playing out
there.*   A major commercial hub where the regime has pushed
infrastructural development and economic reform, Aleppo has not
seen mass anti-government demonstrations on the same scale as
those taking place in Hama and Homs.  Analysts warn that if
large-scale protests reach Aleppo and Damascus, the country’s
largest cities, the regime will almost certainly fall. The
government has gone to great lengths t