Syrian protesters in Hama. Protests in the country are expected to intensify during Ramadan. Photograph: Ho/ReutersDraft Reform Law In Syria Fails To Mollify Protesters -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria’s Cabinet has passed a draft law allowing the formation of political parties to work along the ruling Baath party of President Bashar al-Assad, a step in a series of promised changes that anti-government protesters have dismissed as superficial and useless.
The draft law, approved late Sunday night but not yet finalized, followed several other steps that the government has portrayed as concessions in response to the four-month-old uprising in Syria.
Activists and protesters said the draft law, like previous steps, was largely symbolic and had come too late anyway.
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More News On The Unrest In Syria
Syria to Allow Political Parties Alongside Ruling Baath -- Voice of America
Syria to allow other parties alongside ruling Baath -- DAWN/AFP
Syria to allow political parties -- Financial Times
Syria passes law to allow political parties -- Al Jazeera
Syrian protesters arrested in Damascus -- Yahoo News/AFP
Syria Holds Hundreds at Protests as Cabinet Approves Plan for New Parties -- Bloomberg
SYRIA: Protesters in Lattakia brave security forces -- L.A. Times
Syrian protesters cry for regime change, despite 'reforms' -- CNN
Syrian troops attack village in north-west, activists say -- The Guardian
Syrian Army Storms Northwest Village -- FOX News/AP
Syria's Assad replaces two provincial governors amid continued protests -- Haaretz
New Loyalties and Old Feuds Collide in Syria -- New York Times
Sectarian Clashes Deepen Tensions in Syria -- Wall Street Journal
Was Friday a Turning Point for Syria? -- James Miller, Huffington Post
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