To the cities, where there were demonstrations of opposition supporters have joined Latakia and Dzhebla located on the Mediterranean coast. Only in Hama – the administrative center of the same province, 210 km north of Damascus – in the area of Al-Asi appeared half a million people. In Deir ez-Zor on the Euphrates at this time the number of protesters did not exceed 50 thousand. In Homs, where law enforcement officers, supported by activists of the ruling party took control of the main square, the number of protesters was small. By evening the situation has calmed down, and on the streets of the capital and other cities came by government supporters, expressed support for the reform program proposed by President Bashar al-Assad. Participants in rallies and marches have condemned the conspiracy of external forces, aimed at undermining national unity and stability. As the TV station "Surya", over the ancient citadel of Aleppo – the economic capital of Syria – in the sky billowed thousands of flags. For his part, head of the "pan-Arab Committee for Freedom of Speech" Bahia Mardini said that in the coming period on Monday the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan a special role in the consolidation of opposition forces in Syria will belong to mosques. In an interview with TV "Al Jazeera" Mardini stressed that "the Syrian revolution" has entered a new phase where people are, she says, "broke the barrier of fear of the police apparatus and more strongly require the implementation of their civil rights." Referring to the pro-government mass demonstrations in Syria, a human rights activist noted that "Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Qaddafi, and Ali Abdullah Saleh – the leaders of Egypt, Libya and Yemen – have also recently supported by thousands of citizens, but then the situation has changed in my eyes, because while these and similar rulers Expired ", ITAR-TASS. And today on an oil pipeline near the city of Homs was an explosion. Information on casualties and damage were reported. The country's authorities have reported disruption of the pipeline, "carried out saboteurs."
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