Syrians carry banners as they rally in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Tens of thousands of people waving flags and pictures of Assad converged on Syria's main squares Tuesday, pledging allegiance to their president in the latest show of government support to counter a three-month uprising against his authoritarian rule. The banner in French right reads:" Mr. Sarkozy remember that the French colonization of Syria has ended in 1946," and the banner left refers to the visit of U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie who traveled to Turkey's border with Syria on Friday to check on the thousands of Syrian refugees who have fled their government's bloody crackdown. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)