Father Paolo was born on 17 November 1954 and is an Italian Jesuit priest and a peace activist. Father Paolo was expelled from Syria in 2012 by the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, because he met members of the Syrian opposition and criticized the actions of Assad's regime during the Syrian revolution. In October 2012, Father Paolo was given a peace award from the Italian region of Lombardy, it is an award given to people who have done extraordinary work in the field of peace-building. Towards the end of July 2013, Father Paolo Dall'oglio entered ar-Raqqah, which was under the control of the Syrian rebels and was later kidnapped by the militias of Daash "The Islamic State In Iraq and Syria", on 29 July 2013. Sources of the opposition says that Father Paolo was executed by the extremist organization and that his body was dumped in a ditch in the city of ar-Raqqah called al-Houta, where the bodies of loyalist soldiers are thrown. These allegations have not yet been confirmed.

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On 9 January 2023, dozens of residents of the city of Al-Suwayda took to the streets in a silent protest for the fourth consecutive Monday, expressing their solidarity with the rest of the renewed protests in different regions in Syria, by raising banners bearing hashtags such as #WeWillNotReconcile, and #BringBackItsEarlyDays. The protesters also demanded the release of the detainees, the implementation of the Security Council Resolution 2254, and for Syria to be state of institutions and not a "regime of mafias and gangs"
The sit-in took place despite the gathering of dozens of members of the ruling Baath party on the opposite side of the sit-in, chanting in favor of the head of the regime. Baath party members had called for the protest through private WhatsApp chats, under the pretext of demanding to lift the sanctions imposed on the Assad regime, according to Suwayda 24, Al-Suwayda Uprising, Baladi News, Al-Souria Net, and Al-Modon.
The movement started in the city of Al-Suwayda on 19 December 2022, as dozens of the city's residents participated in a protest and raised the initial slogans of the revolution, calling for freedom and justice. Protesters also demanded the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2254, and the release of detainees. As security forces did not intervene, calls to protest renewed in al-Sayr/al-Karama Square every Monday, according to the Suwayda 24, Al-Rased, Suwayda Uprising page, Enab Baladi, Syria TV, and Al-Quds Al-Arabi.
The movement began with a call that was launched on 17 December 2022, when the "Peaceful Movement in Al-Suwayda" issued a statement calling on the people of the governorate to participate in a silent sit-in to pay tribute to the sacrifices of the Syrian people, honor the souls of its martyrs, and express faith and commitment to the just and legitimate political, economic and social demands, according to the statement published on Suwayda 24, Al-Rased, Al-Suwayda Uprising Facebook page, and Facebook pages of activists.

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On 28 December 2022, a meeting was held in Moscow between Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar, and his Syrian counterpart Ali Mahmoud Abbas. This would be the first official meeting of ministers between Turkey and Syria since the start of the Syrian revolution, in 2011.
According to statements given by the Turkish minister, and news reported after the meetings by Turkish newspapers and the Syrian news agency SANA, the three parties discussed ways to solve the Syrian crisis, the refugee problem, and the joint fight against what has was called terrorist organizations in Syria. On the other hand, there were also talks of the possibility of holding a summit between the heads of the three countries, according to Reuters, Le Monde, France 24, DW Arabic, Al-Modon, The New Arab, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al-Hurra, Euronews, The Independent Arabic, and Anadolu Agency.
The meeting between the ministers angered the Syrian street as social media platforms buzzed with the hashtag #WeWillNotReconcile. Several cities and towns throughout northern Syria, as well as some villages in Daraa, witnessed angry protests rejecting this meeting, refusing to reconcile with the Assad regime, and denouncing the Turkish normalization with the Assad regime. This movement is similar to protests carrying the same hashtag, which began on 11 August 2022, against a statement given by the Turkish Foreign Minister, in which he mentioned "the need to achieve reconciliation between the Syrian regime and the opposition in some way."
All of this coincided with a call launched by activists on 27 December 2022, under the hashtag #RiseToBringBackItsEarlyDays, in support of the movement that began in Al-Suwayda and Daraa, which are under the control of the regime and its allies in southern Syria, where renewed protests called for the fall of the regime, according to Shaam News Network, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al-Modon, DW Arabic, Jisr Newspaper, Enab Baladi, Ultra Voice, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, and Macro Media Center.

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On 27 December 2022, activists launched a campaign under the hashtag #RiseUpToBringBackItsEarlyDays, in support of the movement that started in al-Suwayda and Daraa, which are under the control of the regime and its allies in southern Syria, where renewed protests are calling for the fall of the regime.
Protesters in separate parts of the country carried banners bearing the slogan of the campaign, while activists on social media platforms posted photos of banners showing solidarity with the uprising areas, as well as songs and chants that first appeared 11 years ago with the start of the revolution, calling for freedom and the fall of the Syrian regime. Activists remembered those sacrificed their freedom and lives to liberate the counttry, and demanded bring back the revolution to its initial path, and achieve justice for the Syrian people, according to Shaam News Network, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al-Modon, DW Arabic, Jisr newspaper, Enab Baladi, Ultra Voice, The New Arab, Macro Media Center, and Syria TV.

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Muhammad Jomaa Derki, an activist from the city of Damascus, was arrested by regime forces from his workplace in Al-Shaalan area in Damascus. On 29 November 2013, his family was informed he died under torture, according to the Violations Documentation Center and Facebook pages of activists.
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In mid-December 2022, Families for Freedom launched a campaign in solidarity with the Syrian detainees, coinciding with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an event that attracted the attention of the entire world, as millions of fans were watching their favorite teams, while still there are thousands of detainees, disappeared, and the forcibly disappeared persons, languishing in the vaults of injustice.
Activists, Twitter users, and families of victims participated in this campaign by posting photos of them holding banners and pictures of their missing children and family members, in the stadiums where the football matches were held, or while watching these games in their homes, using the campaign's hashtag #MissingWorldCup2022, according to Families for Freedom.

On 7 November 2011, gunmen broke into the home of popular singer and media activist Abdul Wahab Mulla in the neighborhood of Masaken Hanano in Aleppo. The armed men arrested Mulla and a number of his friends, and took them to an unknown destination. It was later said that the armed men belonged to a faction of the Free Syrian Army collaborating with ISIS, to whom Mulla was handed over, while activists said the regime was most likely behind the kidnapping. A few days before he was kidnapped, Mulla was working with a number of activists to establish the "Aleppo Reporters Union" as attacks and violations against them increased. Abdul Wahab Mulla was known for his satiric online series titled "This is everything that happened" and "Three stars revolution", in addition to several popular songs that became famous on social media platforms, according to Reporters Without Borders, the Syrian Human Rights Committee, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, a report on the YouTube channel France 24 Arabic.

On 10 September 2011, the family of Ghiath Matar received the body of their son who was arrested by the security forces on 6 September 2011. His body was mutilated and covered with signs of torture, according to a report in Arabic by the Syrian Human Rights Committee entitled "Syria - A dark record in cases of torture".
Ghiath Matar was an activist from Darayya who participated in organizing demonstrations calling for freedom since the beginning of the Syrian revolution in 2011. He was famous for providing water, flowers and olive branches for security officers and soldiers during demonstrations. Matar was also known for his peaceful and nonviolent struggle and his "martyrdom" came as a great shock. After many ambassadors attended Matar's funeral processions, the Syrian regime was enraged; regime forces waited for mourners to leave and fired shots and tear gas to disperse them, according to the BBC, Al-Jazeera and Al-Hewar al-Motamadden.
A week after Matar's death, his son, named after him, was born, according to Geroun Net.