JORDAN: Syrians living in Jordan show solidarity with compatriots

Record ID: 279415

  • Title: JORDAN: Syrians living in Jordan show solidarity with compatriots
  • Date: 31st August 2011
  • Summary: AMMAN, JORDAN (AUGUST 30, 2011) (REUTERS) PRAYERS OUTSIDE SYRIAN EMBASSY SYRIAN FLAG VARIOUS OF PRAYERS
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Jordan, Jordan
  • Country: Jordan
  • Topics: Conflict,Religion,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVA52E5S82DHI2RII50WPA81WVD2
  • Story Text: Jordan's Syrian community marked the end of Ramadan on Tuesday (August 30) with a protest and prayers outside their embassy.
    Hundreds gathered to pray at the embassy in Amman on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in a show of solidarity with their families back home in Syria.
    Prayers ended with calls for the ousting of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, after months of anti-government protests and a fierce military crackdown.
    Those present said Eid was a more sombre occasion this year because of the continued unrest in their home country.
    "Unfortunately this Eid comes today where our people in Syria are dying. There are more than 3,000 martyrs and hundreds of thousands of detainees, bereaved mothers, and most of the Syrian children have become orphans while before Eid they had their fathers. Our hearts are with them," said protester Mohammad Attry.
    At the weekend, the Arab League expressed its concern over developments in Syria which, it said, had caused thousands of casualties. The League called on Damascus to "end the bloodshed".
    A Syrian representative said the authorities were pursuing reforms but that they would not allow "terrorism and extremism" to damage the country.
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