A spokesman for the Tunisian president office announced on Saturday that Tunisia "will take all practical measures towards the expulsion of Syria's ambassador in the country," the official TAP press agency reported.

"Tunisia will also begin procedures to withdraw recognition to the regime in Damascus," the spokesman said.

The move is a response to the deadly bombardment occurred in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday on the eve of a Muslim festival known as Mouled (prophet's birthday), which caused the deaths of 200 people," TAP reported.

Tunisia expressed its "solidarity with the people of Syria whose plight will only end with the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power and a democratic transition," TAP said.

Tunisia is the first Arab country that has taken such a measure against the Syrian government's handling of the raging unrest across the country.