Americans against possible military intervention of US in Syria marched towards Union Square after the demonstration held at Times Square in New York.
The demonstrators carried puppet of US President Barack Obama and unfurled banners saying "We don't want war again, stay away from Syria", "No to war" and "Don't bomb Syria" during the protest held with the participation of Syrian Americans as well as Occupy Wall Street (OWS), a protest movement in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street.
Protestors met with another group gathering at 7th Street after their demonstration at Times Square. Security officers accompanied the protestors' march towards Broadway who shouted slogans along the street.
New York police did not intervene the protestors who continued their demonstration at Union Square.
On the other hand, another Syrian group arrived in Times Square, and protested Bashar al-Assad and shouted slogans against Assad regime.
- Syrians in US rally against Assad regime
Syrian people in the US gathered in Times Square to rally against massacres staged by the Syrian regime.
A group of protesters including women and children chanted anti-regime slogans suggesting the regime forces used chemical weapons which killed scores of people.
Chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21 killed more than 1,400 people. The US and the EU blame the Syrian regime for the attack.
Since the uprising on March 2011, more than 100,000 people have been killed and the number of refugees who had to flee Syria hit 2 million, according to the latest UN figures.
