Weeks of protests in Syria reached a turning point this week. In the third city of the country, Homs, a Tahrir-style sit-in was interrupted when police fired on the crowd. More than 20 pro-democracy demonstrators were killed in the town since Monday. But many minds switch happened earlier. This is when President Bashar al-Assad announced that he would end nearly half a century of the State of emergency. Be high-sounding, he condescendingly. It was a problem of communication, he explained. There was a conspiracy (events), there are reforms, and there was "needs" of the citizens, not only economic issues. He was convinced that its citizens understood, but how could they appreciate what was going on when the Government has not explained to them what was going on?
Audience President Assad understood only too well. Accused by the regime to be infiltrators Salafist Muslim Brotherhood stooges, taken saboteurs supported by the Lebanon Saad Hariri and the Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Sultan or agents of the Mossad and the CIA, the demonstrators demanded to be heard as Syrians. Songs of reform gave songs for regime change. "The alley of the alley, from House to House, we want you, Bashar overthrow", far chanted at a funeral. Since then, they have tried, at great cost, to recreate a Syrian Tahrir square, a physical epicenter of revolt in all major cities.
The Assad family (it is brother Maher al-Assad, Bashar, Commander of the Republican Guard and his cousin Rami Makhlouf) are now with less political levers to pull, although there are many military ones. Statements of the Ministry of the Interior go dead letter. The protests continued overnight in Zabadane, Jabla and Aleppo. In Homs, shops are remained closed, a sign that begins to join the urban Sunni population. They will not be allayed by plundering the Governor of Homs or the head of security in Banias. What began with a brutal, but routine incident, local, when police beat and tortured a group of artists graffiti Deraa, became a national protest.
It is tempting to see regional opportunities in the turmoil of the Syria. This is not just crippling the Arab League, who postponed a Summit scheduled for may, but also to encourage the belief that the allies distract Assad, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, would be to lose with his departure. Some may be tempted to conclude that foment dissent in Syria is a risk worth. It is madness in any part of the Middle East, but especially for a country on the borders of the Syria. No Arab spring was still fed by foreign intervention. It could still be killed by one.
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