... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
on Wednesday aired a broadcast of what it said was a rally in support for Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
The Scourge of Hama...
in the second city of Aleppo
...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins...
, Syria's economic hub, claiming it was attended by a million supporters of the embattled leader.
The pro-regime gathering in Aleppo comes a week after a similar rally in the capital, Damascus
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City of Jasminis the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti...
Damascus and Aleppo are the largest cities in Syria and economic powerhouses. The regime is counting on their support to halt the momentum of a 7-month-old uprising.
Also Wednesday, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and pro-government gunnies killed 10 people in the central district of Homs.
The U.N. says more than 3,000 people have been killed in a crackdown on dissent and international pressure is building on Assad to step down.