Photos: Protests against Syrian President

 

Demonstrators in Syria and in Turkey step up their protests calling for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

 
December 12, 2011 7:06 AM
 
 
 
A Syrian living in Turkey burns a cartoon of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in Istanbul December 11, 2011.
 

A Syrian living in Turkey burns a cartoon of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in Istanbul December 11, 2011.

Photograph by: Osman Orsal, REUTERS

 
A Syrian living in Turkey burns a cartoon of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in Istanbul December 11, 2011.
Demonstrators hold up a mock movie poster comparing late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to the mafia boss "The Godfather" during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, the son of Hafez al-Assad, after Friday prayers in Kafranbel, near Adlb December 9, 2011. The words on the poster read: "Occupied Kafranbel."
A Syrian girl living in Turkey shouts slogans as a group of Syrians protest against the government of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Istanbul December 11, 2011.
Demonstrators protesting against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gather during a march through the streets after Friday prayers near Adlb December 9, 2011. The largest signs read: "God is the Greatest" (L) and "Dignity strike" (R).
Demonstrators shout slogans as they protest against the government of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Istanbul December 11, 2011.
A woman displays illustrations of the national flags of Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and Libya on her hand, during a rally demanding the ouster of the whole regime of Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh at Freedom Square in the southern city of Taiz on December 11, 2011.
A Syrian woman living in Turkey shouts slogans as a group of Syrians protest against the government of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Istanbul December 11, 2011.
Anti-government protesters throw rice on the coffin of a man killed by shrapnel, during his funeral in Hula near Homs December 10, 2011.
Children riding on the shoulders of adults shout during a protest march against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad through the streets after Friday prayers near Adlb December 9, 2011. The banner reads: "Dignity strike". Picture taken December 9, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 

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