Celebration in Damascus on the 224th anniversary of the US National Day

The US ambassador in Damascus Rayan Crocker on Wednesday evening held a reception at his residence on the occasion of the 224th anniversary of his country's independence.

The reception was attended by several Syrian cabinet ministers, the secretary general of the Syrian - Lebanese higher council Nasri al-Khouri, several members of the people's Assembly, Syrian economic, social, religious and media activists and crowded number of invitees.