Massive Rally in Damascus Marking al-Quds Day

DAMASCUS-Under the title ” We Will Pray in al-Quds Together”, a massive rally was held Friday in Damascus to mark the International al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, SANA reported.

The rally set off from the entrance of al-Hamidiyeh ancient market towards the Umayyad Mosque.

The participants raised national flags, flags of Palestine and the resistance and shouted slogans condemning US President Donald Trump’s transferring his country’s embassy to the occupied al-Quds.

In a statement during the rally, the participants emphasized that the Palestinian cause will ever remain the central cause as Palestine is the heart of the nation and its compass and the eternal capital of Palestine.

 In their statement, the participants expressed appreciation for the stances of the Syrian leadership and people in support of the Palestinian cause, calling for a popular Islamic stand against the puppet regimes to push them to adopt decisions compatible with the aspirations of their peoples.

They paid tribute to the Syrian Arab Army and its allied forces which are winning victories in the face of terrorism, restoring hopes of liberating the entire land from the forces of evil and aggression.

The International Quds Day, an annual event held on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. The event was first initiated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 to express solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the Zionist Israeli entity and its control of al-Quds.