28 March 2011 — MRZine

Bashar al-Assad, unlike other Arab heads of state, appears to have masses of supporters, who took to the streets on 26 March 2011, as shown in the videos below.  (Search YouTube for ????? ???? ?????, and you’ll find many more lovingly uploaded by his fans.)  However, “God, Syria, only Bashar” and “With our soul and blood, we’ll defend Bashar” (the slogans shouted by his supporters again and again in the videos, as if there is nothing else to say) won’t do.  They need an ideology larger than Bashar. — Ed.

Aleppo

Al-Hasakah

Deir ez-Zor

Damascus

Ar-Raqqah

As-Suwayda

Palmyra

Dara’a

Idlib

Quneitra

Latakia

Hama

Videos (except one about Aleppo) courtesy of <naim-almadani.com>.