Tunisians have held a demonstration in the capital, Tunis, in protest against the presence of foreign-backed militants in Syria, Press TV<\/b> reports.\n<\/p>\n
Politicians, students and human rights activists as well as the family members of young men recruited by foreign-sponsored armed groups in Syria gathered in front of the foreign affairs ministry building to voice support for Damascus.\n<\/p>\n
The protesters slammed foreign countries for \u00c5\u201cinterfering\u201d in Syria\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s internal affairs.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cQatar is the base for this Zionist project. It is financing terrorists while Saudi Arabia is arming them. They are killing innocent civilians in order to empower Israel and its allies,\u201d a protester said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The demonstrators also called for the resumption of diplomatic ties between Tunisia and Syria.<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe Zionist imperialistic project is clear. Israel and its allies want to divide the Muslim world and to occupy Syria, but this scenario will never happen. We call for the return of the Syrian ambassador to Tunisia,\u201d the Popular Committee to Support Syria\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Khadija Belhaj said.\n<\/p>\n
Another demonstrator asked the Syrian government to release his mentally-retarded son who was recruited by militants in the Arab country.\n<\/p>\n
Demonstrators also expressed their support for resistance against Israel.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cIran, Hezbollah, and Syria are the last line of resistance against the Zionist enemies. Israeli conspiracy will not break the will of freedom fighters\u2026,\u201d Tunisian scholar Mohamed Abdel Adhim said.\n<\/p>\n
On May 28, Tel Aviv said it was willing to use force to prevent the delivery of Russian S-300 air-defense missiles to Syria.\n<\/p>\n
This came a day after European Union foreign ministers reached an agreement to lift an arms embargo on militants in Syria.\n<\/p>\n
Syria has been gripped by unrest for over two years, and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security personnel, have been killed in the foreign-sponsored militancy.\n<\/p>\n
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