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Article: Syrians stage demonstration in support of Assad in northern city
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 13, 2005
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Syrians stage demonstration in support of Assad in northern city
DAMASCUS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of Syrians
staged a demonstration on Sunday in Syria's northern port city of
Lattakia in support of President Bashar al-Assad who has been under
intense international pressure to withdraw troops from Lebanon, the
official SANA news agency reported.
The citizens took to the streets to show support for the national
and pan-Arab stance adopted by Assad during his parliament address on
March 5, SANA said.
Waving national flags and carrying pictures of Assad and his late
father former President Hafez al-Assad, the crowds marched through
main streets of Lattakia toward the ...