NEW : `` We are with the regime , we are with Assad , '' a pro-government demonstrator says . NEW : ` The people of Syria have been oppressed for decades and they will not be satisfied until their rights are restored'A supporter of President Bashar al-Assad, who is also an Alawite, shouts at protesters in Damascus This comes after the Council of the European Union voted Thursday to expand sanctions against Syria by freezing the assets of seven people and four businesses with connections to the regime . An EU body has frozen the assets of seven people and four businesses . The number of refugees in Turkey approaches 12,000 .
NEW : `` We are with the regime , we are with Assad , '' a pro-government demonstrator says . NEW : ` The people of Syria have been oppressed for decades and they will not be satisfied until their rights are restored'A supporter of President Bashar al-Assad, who is also an Alawite, shouts at protesters in Damascus An EU body has frozen the assets of seven people and four businesses . The number of refugees in Turkey approaches 12,000 .