If the protesters can get the military to turn, Assad's security forces will have an increasingly difficult time. Al Jazeera:
An eyewitness to the early morning attacks in Dael told Al Jazeera that the secret police opened fire on a crowd of around 3,000 locals who were returning to town from a peaceful march to the army barracks on the outskirts.
He said the crowd was chanting, "The people and army are one hand".
The march had passed off peacefully, until the secret police opened fire on the crowd as tanks entered the town, he said.
Khodr, our correspondent, said the number of casualties had been low in comparison to previous Friday protests, "a sign that the Syrian government is realising that it cannot stop these protests by relying [only] on a security option" without dialogue.
