Bashar Al Assad: “The Syrian state has really now left the decent and conservative order of nations.”

I have ordered my troops to increase their readiness. I condemn what I call the flagrant aggression of Israel's bombardment of Southern Lebanon.

Today President Assad, the dictator in Syria, has announced that he's granting what he calls amnesty to protesters accused of committing crimes.

This president has had 11 years, and he's talked about reform. And his reforms have been very tepid.

He's saying, you know, 'I will decide what reforms are made. I will decide when they're made and how they're implemented. And, you know, you guys should just sit down and shut up.'