Watch the secret reactionaries come out to support the Assad regime.
If the Assad regime is still there in a year, it will be lucky.
It is a reaction to a very brutal action by the Assad regime.
It takes two to tango, but the Assad regime seems to know only one tune.
What's interesting here is that as with previous attacks, the Assad regime has blamed just about everybody.
Syria's economic future - and that of the Assad regime - is in jeopardy.
The middle classes seem to be quite happy with the security that they have under the Assad regime and worry about the possible alternatives.
Western governments say the latest sanctions are designed to increase political and economic pressure on the Assad regime.
The Assad regime still holds the town's military airport.
All this does not excuse the repressive policies of the Assad regime.