The Syrian government resigned Tuesday amid an unusual wave of unrest that has roiled the nation, state TV reported.
President Bashar al-Assad accepted the resignations Tuesday, the same day that tens of thousands of Syrians poured onto the streets of Damascus to demonstrate in favor of the government. A new government should be named within hours, said Reem Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Syrian Information Ministry. Meanwhile, the president is expected to address the nation in a speech before the People's Assembly at 11 a.m. (5 a.m. ET) Wednesday, state TV said.
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Supporting Assad in Syria. The state-run SANA news agency reported the speech would "reassure the Syrian people." Many demonstrators at the pro-government rally held posters of the president. Others waved Syrian flags, while some painted their faces and chests in national colors. Crowds filled the square in front of the Central Bank and jammed all roads leading to it, aerial pictures on state TV showed. There were also pro-government rallies in the cities of Aleppo, Hama and Hasaka, the broadcaster said.
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