Tens of thousands of Syrians have demonstrated in support of President Bashar al-Assad following an extraordinary Arab League decision to suspend the country's membership for alleged rights violations. 

Syrians held demonstrations across the country on Sunday to express their support for Assad’s government, Press TV reported. 

In the capital Damascus, protesters held a pro-Assad demonstration, holding pictures of the Syrian president and chanting slogans in his favor. 

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), millions of Syrians demonstrated in Damascus, Aleppo, Tartous, Lattakia, Sweida, Hasaka, Daraa, Raqqa, Deir- Ezzor, Homs, Hama and Idleb in support of the Assad government. 

The participants in the demonstrations said that the Arab League was used as a tool for conspiring against Syria after all the other attempts failed because of the unity of the Syrian people and leadership.

In an emergency session on Saturday, the Arab League decided to serve Damascus with a suspension notice, effective November 16, until the implementation of an earlier deal aimed at ending the U.S.-led allegations of violence in the country. 

The Arab League decision is widely believed to be controversial due to major U.S. influence upon the 22-memebr Arab body and since most of its members are U.S.-sponsored authoritarian regimes, which are notorious for human rights violations.

Following the Arab League decision, angry Syrians stormed the Saudi and Qatari embassies in Damascus to show their outrage against the move. 

Syria's envoy to the Arab League Yousef Ahmad described the decision as illegal and a breach of the organization's charter. 

Syria has been the scene of what many observers believe to be foreign-manufactured political unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations being held both against and in support of President Assad. 

Damascus says the unrest has been largely orchestrated by elements that are well-paid and armed by foreign powers. Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed in the turmoil. 

The opposition says security forces are behind the violence, but the Syrian government insists armed thugs are the culprits. 

Meanwhile, an Iraqi government spokesman has said a decision by the Arab League to suspend Syria over may make matters worse, the Associated Press reported.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement Sunday that the suspension will complicate the situation in Syria because the Arab League will lose all communication channels with Damascus.

Iraq abstained from the vote. Yemen, Lebanon and Syria voted against the measure.

Al-Dabbagh said the suspension will not solve problems in Syria.