Syrian protesters have gathered outside the US and French embassies in the capital, Damascus, damaging the buildings, witnesses and officials say.Witnesses say anti-US demonstrators broke into the American diplomatic compound and smashed windows on Monday to protest against US interference in their country’s internal affairs.
No embassy personnel were injured in the incident but there was damage to property, a US embassy official said. Syrian protesters also gathered outside the French embassy in Damascus, where security guards fired warning shots to drive back protesters.“Syrians demonstrated peacefully in front of the French embassy but they were faced with bullets,” said Hiam al-Hassan, a witness.
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Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said.French Embassy guards in the Syrian capital fired in the air to hold back loyalists of President Bashar Assad's regime who also attacked that compound to protest the French ambassador's visit last week to the same restive city, Hama, in central Syria.
Protesters smashed embassy windows and shattered the windshield of a diplomatic SUV outside the compound. The French Foreign Ministry said three embassy workers were injured. Both the U.S. and France accused Syrian security forces of being too slow to respond to the attacks. And France said Syria was not living up to its international commitments to protect diplomatic missions and allow envoys freedom of movement.
"The people want to kick out the dog," read graffiti written on the wall of the U.S. embassy, along with another line cursing America. The protesters smashed the embassy sign hanging over one gate.
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