Syria's Protest Movement Appears In Damascus

Demonstrators march through the streets after Friday prayers in the Hajar Al Asswad in Damascus (REUTERS)

Alarm For Syrian President Assad As Protesters Close In On Damascus -- The Telegraph

As they have done every Saturday for the past three months, the survivors buried their dead, lowering the corpses of men and boys felled by Syria's security forces into hastily dug graves.

Their grief undimmed, even though they have carried out the exercise so many times before, the mourners wept as they bore aloft the coffins and vowed to avenge the dead by toppling President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator.

With a reported death toll of more than 1,300 since the uprising began 103 days ago, the mass funeral has become a familiar ritual in virtually all of Syria's 14 provinces, each death only hardening the protesters' resolve.

Yet while the rest of the country seethes, two parts of the country seem to have escaped the unrest: the central districts of Syria's biggest cities, Damascus and Aleppo.

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My Comment: With Syria's protest movement making it's presence felt in both Damascus and Aleppo, everyone is now expecting the worse.