Syria: Can Assad Defeat The Protesters? -- Fawaz Gerges, BBC NewsA huge swathe of Syria now resembles a militarised zone - from the town of Homs, north of Damascus, all the way down to Deraa, where the protests first broke out in March.
The Syrian regime has dramatically intensified its crackdown against the protesters in an effort to crush the opposition.
The country is now on the brink of all-out war.
Residents say thousands of heavily armed soldiers, backed by tanks, are swarming the streets of their cities and towns.
In Deraa on Sunday, witnesses said that security forces had opened fire in the city, shooting indiscriminately, even though no protests were being held at the time.
Already, more than 300 people have been killed in a crackdown across the country, human rights groups say. Hundreds more have been arrested.
But this is only a glimpse of the bloodshed we are likely to witness in Syria.
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My Comment: The rulers of Syria are now sensing that they are living on borrowed time, and their use of elite units from the military to confront the protestors is their last gasp to stay in power. Will they be successful .... in the short term (probably) yes, but in the long term it will be difficult to rule when the mass majority of the population are against you and are determined to see you gone.
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