Syrians Rally in Support of Assad Reform Program , Shaaban Confirms No Problem with Peaceful Protests

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Thousands of people in Damascus city expressed on Tuesday their support to the comprehensive reform program led by President Bashar al-Assad.
During a mass rally, the participants also expressed rejection of foreign conspiracy which target Syria's stability and security.

Participants in the rally said the Syrian people have managed to face the sedition and conspiracy targeting the security and role of Syria and that the package of reforms announced by President al-Assad met the people's demands and aspirations.

Thousands in al-Zabadani area in southwestern Damascus also stressed their denunciation of attempts at sowing sedition among the Syrian people and at foreign interference in Syria's internal affairs, during a popular festival in al-Rawda town.
In a similar move, al-Tal area in Damascus countryside held a mass popular march during which the participants denounced the role of the misleading media in distorting facts and fabricating lies about what is going on in Syria.

Hundreds of the residents of Palmyra, in central Syria, also held a march to stress their adherence to the reform steps and national dialogue taking place in Syria and rejection of the conspiracies targeting the Syrian people's unity.

A Homeland Tent was held in Hasaka province, in northeastern Syria, with the participation of various popular and social figures to stress national unity and support to comprehensive reform.

A similar tent was organized in Buraq village in Daraa province at which sheikhs and members of senior clans in the area said expressed readiness to do all their best to preserve the unity and solidity of the Syrian national fabric against all foreign conspiracies aimed at destabilizing Syria and interfering in its internal affairs.

Aleppo countryside also witnessed marches of thousands in Efrin area who stressed commitment to standing side by side in the face of the conspiracies and misleading media campaigns targeting Syria.

Meanwhile, Presidential Political and Media Advisor Bouthaina Shaaban said that acts of violence in Syria constitute a matter of concern, adding "The other sides have to condemn acts of killing that targeted security and police personnel and claimed the lives of more than 500 martyrs of soldiers and officers."

In an interview with the American Sky News and CNN networks, Shaaban underlined that all in Syria, whether the government or the opposition, know that there is no solution except going ahead, hoping the national dialogue will lead to the isolation of any armed groups.
"Conducting the national dialogue and accelerating it will be in the interest of Syria.. It will lead to a process into democracy where all parties compete and all citizens participate in the political life... we aspire for a prosperous era in Syria," Shaaban said.

She added the Syrian Government has no problem with the peaceful demonstrations, underlining that the security operations have targeted the armed groups which carried out the killings and assassinations in the country.

According to SANA news agency, Shaaban, commenting on French Foreign Minister Juppe's statements, clarified that any foreign minister has no right to offer legitimacy to another country's president, concluding "the crisis in Syria is not the affair of any other state."