They protested despite the tanks this Friday

The protests were not as large this Friday in Syria and that might have something to do with the fact that some mosques were occupied by the army, and some of the main gathering places like squares in some towns and cities were occupied by tanks or plainly inaccessible. But there was protests still in Homs and Hama, where the system crackdown had been especially brutal. There were protests in the Kurdish areas, which are starting to join the rest of the country in demanding freedom. There were protests in areas of Damascus that hadn't seen them before.

Considering Syria is a mainly Sunni Muslim country, it makes sense that the marches start after Friday prayers, but the Muslims were not the only ones out there marching and crying for a unified free Syria. People put apart their differences and marched in solidarity. 

Rumours that Bashar had told armed forces not for fire on protesters were mostly true. But there were still a few people shot during protests. I also cannot help but wonder how many people who were on the streets today will be arrested in the following days and tossed in jail for being anti-Syria?