Pro-Palestine rallies sweep Syria amid Gaza genocide and Israeli occupation

Pro-Palestine rallies sweep Syria amid Gaza genocide and Israeli occupation Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Sat, 04/04/2026 - 20:43 Protesters chant for Palestine as anger grows over Israeli occupation in southern Syria Israeli troops patrol the border fence with Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights on July 23, 2025. (Jalaa Marey/AFP) Off Thousands of Syrians across the country have taken to the streets in widespread pro-Palestine protests, condemning a new law approved by Israel’s apartheid legal system that allows the execution of Palestinian prisoners - a law that does not apply to Jews - as well as the continued occupation of Syrian territory. Demonstrations erupted on Friday afternoon in Damascus and spread across Daraa, Quneitra, Aleppo, Latakia, Homs and Idlib, as well as Palestinian refugee camps including Yarmouk and Khan al-Sheikh.