The pressure is increasing in Syria. According to this report, Assad is deploying the Syrian Army in the post of Latakia. This is huge test since the majority of the Army is Sunni and not Allawite like the Assad clan. For the first time since this crisis, Bashar Assad will do a televised address to Syrians.
DAMASCUS, March 27 (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army for the first time in Syria’s main port of Latakia after nearly two weeks of protests spread across the country.
Assad, 45, who has made no direct public comment since protests started sweeping Syria, was expected to address the nation shortly, officials said, without giving further details.
The drama continues.
Tags: Bashar Assad, Latakia, Syria
