Philippines urged their nationals working in Syria, to leave the country

According to the Philippine embassy in Damascus, all citizens who have decided to leave Syria, the Philippine government "will reimburse material expenses associated with emergency repatriation." According to the Embassy of the Philippines, Syria, currently employs about 17 thousand Filipino workers, mostly in the service sector and public service delivery. As the consul in the Philippines Syria, he received special instruction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of his country, which speaks of "the need to make every effort to convince the Filipinos working in Syria, to flee the country because of the increasing threat of riots." Citizens of the Philippines in the vast majority of work in Syria, housemaids, educators or managers of the household in the affluent Syrian families, mainly in large cities, where clashes between opponents of the regime currently in force President Assad and the country's security forces are the most fiercely. Protests in Syria began in mid-March in Dera'a in the south, and then spread to other regions. Syrian human rights activists have reported that to date the number of anti-government protesters who have been killed in clashes with security forces and police since mid-March, around the country reached two thousand. According to official figures, with the events of the actions of "armed terrorist elements," in which the Syrian authorities have blamed for the violence in the country, killing nearly 500 soldiers and security forces.