Pro-Government Rallies in Syria

Yesterday there were pro-Bashar al-Assad rallies in Damascus and Latakia. The Damascus rally was in Umayyad Square around two million Syrians showed up. The slogan for the Damascus rally was "Long Live the Homeland and its Leaders ... Syrian People are One Family". The praticipants of the rally carried around pictures and banners of Bashar al-Assad and waved Syrian, Russian, and Chinese flags. In the middle of the rally there was a 500 meter long family tree banner with President Bashar al-Assad in the center of it. President Bashar al-Assad who is a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party has the support of many socialist, nasserist, and nationalist parties in Syria including both Syrian communist parties.Over a million Syrians showed up to the rally in the coastal city of Latakia. Like at the rally in Damascus People were carrying around pictures

of Bashar al-Assad and waving Syrian, Russian, and Chinese flags. These rallies have been very important rallies in challenging imperialism. The Syrian's are representing that they do not want foreign intervention in Syria or regime change. The Syrian government has been working on reforms to appease to the Syrian people. Syrian people want Bashar al-Assad not the Turkish based Syrian National Council. China and Russia have become popular in Syria since they vetoed a proposed UN Security Council resolution to impose sanctions on Syria. Also yesterday President Assad met with senior officials of the Arab League to try to work out a solution to the unrest in the country. The imperialists don't want to see a simple end to the unrest in Syria they forcefully want regime change in Syria like in Libya or Iraq. The working people of the world will not allow another war like in Libya or Iraq to happen in Syria.