Pro-Assad crowds rally across Syria
Friday 27 January 2012
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EmailHundreds of thousands of supporters of Syria's embattled government took to the streets in force on Thursday in opposition to an Arab League proposal for President Bashar al-Assad to resign.
Syrian citizens thronged public squares in Damascus, Aleppo, Latakia and other towns, chanting pro-Assad songs and waving national flaga and banners.
Last Sunday Arab foreign ministers called on Mr Assad to delegate power to his first vice-president.
Speaking in Damascus protester Malek Ali said: "We are here to denounce the Arab League decision that came in compliance with the Western schemes against our country."
Syrian troops killed 30 people in Homs on Thursday in a "terrifying massacre," according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Director Rami Abdul-Rahman called for an independent investigation of the alleged killings.
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