We Are All Syrian

April 24, 2011


From The Daily Telegraph:


Syria uprising: 'We will continue until the fall of the regime'


As President Assad follows the 'Bloody Good Friday' massacre with the shooting of funeral mourners, defiant Syrians vow to keep protesting.

International outrage [is] being heaped on the head of President Bashir al-Assad, and his reputation as a reformer lay in tatters.

"The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of force by the Syrian government against demonstrators," President Barack Obama said. "This outrageous use of violence to quell protests must come to an end now."

Even Syria's once-loyal ally, Russia, joined in the attack, calling for "large-scale political reforms" and for an end to violence against peaceful demonstrators.

Most significantly of all, President Assad's regime was looking increasingly isolated from within, as two MPs resigned and, according to one independent news website, elements inside his ruling elite were demanding a "Plan B": major political reforms including the release of political prisoners and an end to the primary role of the Ba'ath party itself.