DOHA: Hundreds of Syrians in Qatar took part in a solidarity stand at Qatar Sports Club premises last evening to declare support for fellow countrymen who have fallen victims to killings and brutalities committed by the Assad regime.
The event was held under the theme ‘Assad burns the country’.
Participants strongly denounced the recent bombardments in Aleppo and other cities by warplanes belonging to the Assad regime and its allies.
They paid tributes to the hundreds of children, women, elderly, doctors and nurses killed or injured in the attacks. The solidarity stand began at 5pm with recitation of verses from the Holy Quran, followed by the signing of the Syrian national anthem.
Addressing the gathering, Syrian Ambassador to Qatar, Nizar Al Hiraqi, praised the resistance of the Syrian people under the siege and demanded that the international community and Arab countries act decisively to stop the killings and bloodshed being committed by the Assad regime for the past five years. He said the humanitarian situation in Syria has deteriorated and children, women and elderly have become targets of bombings that have not spared even schools, hospitals and markets.
“ We will resist the criminal regime of Assad despite the disappointing silence of the international community,” said the ambassador.
So far, the war has led to the death of 2.3 million people and some 13 million Syrians have fled the country, scattering all over the world. Syria has lost $269bn of its GDP and there are 12.5 million Syrians needing urgent humanitarian assistance. Al Hiraqi also praised Qatar’s stances and support to the just cause of the Syrian people.
A group of Syrian children dressed in red shirts formed into a symbolic map of Syria, holding the Syrian resistance flag and candles. At one point, participants lit about 300 candles.
Many Syrian activists entered the map holding a huge flag representing the Syrian revolution. The children then released balloons in the air as a sign of victory. A group of Syrian doctors appeared in white gowns holding stethoscopes and pictures of hospitals and other health facilities in Aleppo and other cities hit by bombings.
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