ny daily news- Syria's president refused to lift decades-old restrictions or offer any concessions Wednesday in his first speech since widespread protests have rocked the country.
Defying expectations that he would lift an emergency law that has stifled political opposition, President Bashar al-Asaad instead blamed "conspirators" for sweeping unrest.
"We are all for reform. That is the duty of the state. But we are not for strife," he said before the Syrian parliament. "What we should watch out for is starting reforms under these circumstances right now, this passing wave."
Syria has been swept up in unrest that has spread throughout the Middle East, toppling regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and leaving others fighting to survive.
Protestors have called for the lifting of the emergency law that has been in place since a 1963 coup that brought Asaad's Baath Party to power.
I always wondered why Urban Meyer really stepped down as Florida's football coach. Apparently, it was to become the President of Syria. It all makes sense now.
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