Original sentence: After the protests and reactions spiraled, the protests evolved into an armed rebellion.Months later, as the state apparatus reacted to the protests, demonstraters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has held the presidency in Syria since 1971, as well as the end of Ba'ath Party rule, which began in 1963.Starting in March 2011, tens of thousands of Syrian students, Islamists, liberal activists and human rights activists began being arrested
Edited sentence: After months of military sieges, the protests evolved into an armed rebellion.Months later, when the police and the army started suppressing the protests with force, protesters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has held the presidency in Syria since 1971, as well as the end of Ba'ath Party rule, which began in 1963.Starting in March 2011, tens of thousands of Syrian students, liberal activists and human rights advocates began being arrested