In Damascus, Syrians gathered in Umayyad Square with Turkish and Syrian flags, inviting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to visit Syria. The group held a banner reading, “President Erdoğan, we want to pray with you at the Umayyad Mosque, just as we pray at Hagia Sophia.”
This demonstration comes as many Syrians return to their homeland following the collapse of the Baath regime.