Assad Joins Crowds for Unveiling Monument at Damascus University

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad attended the unveiling of a monument dedicated to martyred university students at Damascus University on Saturday, SANA reported.

The Syrian news agency said that “President Bashar Al-Assad joined thousands of students and the families of martyred students at the unveiling of a statue to the memory of the martyrs of Syria’s universities at the University of Damascus.”

On January 15 twin explosions at Aleppo University killed 87 people, most of them students and wounded around 160 others.

On March 28 at least 15 students were also killed and six wounded when a mortar struck the cafeteria of the faculty of architecture at Damascus University.