On March 9th, rioting broke out in Syria province. ISNL supporters began violent attacks against government offices, police stations and pro-government supporters. Anti-Democracy rioters were supported by what the Iraqistani government claimed to be ISNL members, who opened fire with automatic weapons against police vehicles at checkpoints in the major cities as well as gun attacks against a Ministry of Education building in Aleppo. Several police officers were injured during a large riot in Damascus. Iraqistani soldiers were called in and fired on rioters who threw molotov fire bombs and rocks. As night fell, several civilians were reported injured from a fire attack against a women's school. Iraqistani soldiers were deployed to support police forces as rioting continued into the night.