DEARBORN — On Sunday evening, over 100 local community members met in front of the Dearborn City Hall and traveled to Washington D.C. on two buses, to protest against a possible U.S. intervention in Syria. 

The protest, organized by the Syrian American Forum, included hundreds of local Syrian and Lebanese Americans, who marched on Capitol Hill with signs that read “Stop the war against Syria” and “Mr. Obama, keep your bombs away,” on Monday, September 9.

Community members were joined by hundreds of other Arab American protestors from Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. In total, the nine-hour protest, which started in front of the White House and ended in front of the U.S. Capitol, attracted close to 1,500 people.

The Syrian American Forum, which provided funding for the two buses, along with a few other personal contributors, says the feedback they’ve received from the protest, since Monday, has been overwhelming.

“The protest resonated very well in D.C. It was even bigger than previous efforts, including protests condemning the Iraq war in 2003. Several officials have already contacted us and told us it was great to hear the opinions of the Syrian American and Arab American communities,” the Syrian American Forum said in a statement. 

Community members returned to Dearborn Tuesday morning.