‘50,000 Syrians rally’ after Kurdish leader slain

DAMASCUS, (AFP) – Fifty thousand Syrians rallied against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday during the funeral of Meshaal Tamo, a Kurdish opposition figure slain the previous day, activists said. “The funeral of Kurdish leader Meshaal Tamo, who was assassinated yesterday in th

‘50,000 Syrians rally’ after Kurdish leader slain

DAMASCUS, (AFP) – Fifty thousand Syrians rallied against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday during the funeral of Meshaal Tamo, a Kurdish opposition figure slain the previous day, activists said.

“The funeral of Kurdish leader Meshaal Tamo, who was assassinated yesterday in the city of Qamishli, turned into a mass rally with more than 50,000 demonstrators calling for the fall of the regime,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.