Damascus Alawites stand firm behind Assad

'Abu Basil and his colleagues were surprised when the protests erupted. He repeats the government's narrative of "terrorist armed groups sneaking into urban and rural areas".He says that as a "military institution", the army never kills "unarmed civilians" and that it "helps them move out of dangerous areas", which are then "cleansed of terrorists".' Given that these are obvious lies, should we really care what those who are part of the military and security institutions, believe? Other than to understand how to overthrow their rule.
I saw a piece by Lucy Kafanov on Russia Today this morning, where she claimed that only the crimes of the régime have received attention, her evidence that the opposition had been wrongdoing was limited to one BBC report about a government militiaman who might have been forced to drive a truck full of explosives, but was uninjured when they didn't go off. Not convincing.