12:05pm
The Syrian government will resign on Tuesday and a new cabinet will see the light within 24 hours, sources have told Al Jazeera.

12:50pm
Thousands of Syrians wave their national flag and rally in the capital Damascus to show their support for President Bashar al-Assad. Pro-government protests are also taking place in four other major cities.
 
"There are [pro-government] protesters coming from across the country. And there are protests not only here in Damascus but across the country," Al Jazeera's Cal Perry reported.

3:00pm
Assad has appointed Naji al-Otari, head of the government that resigned on Tuesday, as the new caretaker prime minister, the official news agency reported.  
 
The government has little power in Syria, where power is concentrated in the hand of Assad, his family and the security apparatus. Otari has been prime minister since 2003.
 
The Syrian cabinet has resigned amid the country's worst unrest in decades.