(MENAFN) Thousands of Greeks took to the streets in central Athens on a march organized by the Communist Party to protest the U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria.
The protesters gathered Saturday at Athens' central Syntagma Square before marching to the U.S. Embassy, chanting anti-U.S. slogans and carrying banners. Some wrote on the pavement in red paint: "Americans, murderers of people."
Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the Communist Party's leader, blasted Greek politicians for believing "flimsy excuses about a use of chemical weapons" by Syria.
He also criticized their "subservience" to the EU and NATO, as well as their support for Israel.
He told the crowd "the imperialists once again spill the blood of the local people. They destroy and splinter states by using fabricated evidence."
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