At a time when US and European officials continue to closely monitor the popular protests in Syria’s province of Sweida, Damascus remains officially indifferent to them. In an interview with China’s CCTV television, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad chose to reaffirm the Syrian people’s support for him. Meanwhile, Druze spiritual leader in Sweida Sheikh Hikmat al-Hajri received a telephone call from the UK envoy to Syria, Ann Snow, to declare her country’s commitment to implementing UN resolution 2254.