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Syrian opposition hail "death" of Gaddafi

Arab World Materials 20 October 2011 19:13 (UTC +04:00)

The Syrian opposition hailed Thursday the reported death of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi in his hometown Sirte dpa reported

"Gaddafi is gone gone, and your turn (Syrian President) Bashar (al-Assad) is coming," declared a posting on the Syrian Revolution 2011 Facebook page.

It also posted a picture showing Gaddafi, Egyptian former president Hosni Mubarak and deposed Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali crossed out in red - leaving uncrossed Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.

"This is the end of the tyrants" a post on the Facebook page stated, which has been the mouthpiece of the Syrian opposition since the uprising against al-Assad erupted in mid-March.

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