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Hundreds rally in Turkey to protest against U.S. strike in Syria

Xinhua, April 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

Around 100-150 people gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Saturday in protest of a U.S. military strike on Syria.

The protesters, mostly members of the Patriotic Party, or the Vatan Party, were chanting slogans "get out of Syria," "U.S. killers get out of Middle East" with Turkish national flags, party flags and banners in hand.

Speaking in front of the U.S. embassy, Utku Reyhan, the party's general secretary, warned the Turkish government that it is impossible to obtain a beneficial result by rivaling Syria and cooperate with the United States against Bashar al-Assad government.

On the same day, a group of members from Turkish Communist Movement protested the U.S. attack in front of the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, carrying the banner of "Yankees go home."

Earlier on Friday, the United States targeted a Syrian air base with over 50 Tomahawk missiles, killing six Syrian soldiers and nine civilians. The Syrian presidential office slammed the U.S. attack as "reckless and irresponsible." Endit