Aleppo mourns prominent media activist Muhammad Abu Ghannoum and his wife

Thousands of residents of Al-Bab city in eastern Aleppo, today, Saturday, mourned prominent media activist Muhammad Abu Ghannoum and his wife after they were assassinated by unknown gunmen in northern Syria. Al-Bab activists called, in a unified statement, for civil disobedience and a comprehensive closure of the city, starting this morning, Saturday, in protest against the assassination of revolutionary activist Abu Ghanoum, and in rejection of all policies of institutions, factions and external influencers. They underscored that the aim of the strike and disobedience was to “put an urgent end to the security chaos in the city, which resulted from the corruption of officials and their blind dependence on external parties.” The “Syrian Interim Government” had issued a statement earlier, on Friday evening, condemning “this cowardly operation, which falls within the context of operations aimed at intimidating civilians and destabilizing security in the region.”