(Photo) Mass Rally in Tartous Stresses National Unity, Rejection of Foreign Interference

More than 200,000 people in Tartous city took part in a mass rally on Thursday stressing national unity to preserve stability and security and support the comprehensive reform program led by President Bashar al-Assad.

Participants raised a 60-meter long Syrian flag, chanted the Syrian national anthem and observed a moment of silence to honor the civil and army martyrs.

They noted that they gathered today to send a message to the whole world that Tartous, the birthplace of Sheikh Saleh al-Ali, will always live in amity and tolerance and that terrorist armed groups- who are supported by zionist regimes like US , Israel and their allies- will not spoil this atmosphere of co-existence.

A participant in the rally said the goal of this rally is to reject the sedition projects which are targeting the homeland and support the comprehensive reform program in Syria.The rally emphasized that the nation will stand in a strong unity and never let the zionist powers interfere their state affairs.

Earlier, Damascus city witnessed a mass rally in which hundreds of thousands of people took part stressing national unity and rejecting foreign interference in Syria’s internal affairs.