 On 7 March, anti-government protesters marched in the city of Idlib waving both the Syrian independence and white Shahada flags.Due to the presence of the independence flags, armed men from the Army of Conquest, which control the city, consisting of al-Nusra Front and Jund al-Aqsa dispersed the protests and threatened to open fire on the protesters.The gunmen smashed cameras, confiscated flags, and arrested 10 of the protesters.